老頭樂

Chinese

		old man; old fellow; husband	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (老頭樂)		老頭	樂
simp. (老头乐)		老头	乐
Literally: “(that which) makes an old man happy”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎotóulè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄜˋ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-deu-loq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóulè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóulè
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²-lê⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-tóu-lè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourleh
  - Palladius: лаотоулэ (laotoulɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóurlè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦㄌㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóurlè
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²-ʼrh-lê⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-tóur-lè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourlleh
  - Palladius: лаотоурлэ (laotourlɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-deu-loq
  - MiniDict: lau^去 deu loh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-deu-loq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

Noun

老頭樂

(figurative, colloquial) backscratcher
(figurative, colloquial) low-speed motor scooter
(figurative, colloquial) low-speed electric microcar
Hypernym: NEV
(figurative, colloquial, regional) massage and sex service targeting elderly men (strolling on the street or in the park)