"老衲" meaning in Chinese

See 老衲 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ naːp̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老衲
  1. (literary) elderly Buddhist monk Tags: literary Synonyms: 老僧 (lǎosēng)
    Sense id: en-老衲-zh-noun-yaYXT-3U Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Buddhism, Monasticism Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 12 45 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 28 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 13 9 Disambiguation of Buddhism: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 94 5 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Pronoun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ naːp̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|pronoun}} 老衲
  1. (dated) A form of self-address used by old monks. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-老衲-zh-pron-Po2uSCkY Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 12 45 44
  2. (neologism, slang, humorous) A form of self-address as if an experienced and senile person has seen it all. Tags: humorous, neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-老衲-zh-pron-a0UyMNkE Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 12 45 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ naap⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ nab⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ naːp̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "老衲"
}

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