老先生 [－－－]

Jyutping lou5 sin1 sang1
Pinyin lǎo xiān shēng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    old gentleman; venerable sir
    (syn.) 阿伯公
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    “一只猫？”老先生问。
    “一隻貓？”老先生問。
    “ yī zhī māo ？” lǎo xiān sheng wèn 。
    • "A cat?" asked the old man.
  2. Mandarin
    “我从没想过”，老先生说道：“我们该做什么？”
    “我從沒想過”，老先生説道：“我們該做什麼？”
    “ wǒ cóng méi xiǎng guò ”， lǎo xiān sheng shuō dào ：“ wǒ men gāi zuò shén me ？”
    • "I have never thought about it", said the old man. "What should we do?"
  3. Mandarin
    这位老先生立了他的遗嘱。
    這位老先生立了他的遗嘱。
    zhè wèi lǎo xiān sheng lì le tā de yí zhǔ 。
    • The old man made out his will.
  4. Mandarin
    带着眼镜的那位老先生是一位中国小说家。
    帶着眼鏡的那位老先生是一位中國小説家。
    dài zhuó yǎn jìng de nà wèi lǎo xiān sheng shì yī wèi zhōng guó xiǎo shuō jiā 。
    • The man wearing glasses is an old Chinese author.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    庞老先生喺呢间庙担任咗好多年庙祝。
    龐老先生喺呢間廟擔任咗好多年廟祝。
    pong4 lou5 sin1 saang1 hai2 ni1 gaan1 miu2 daam1 jam6 zo2 hou2 do1 nin4 miu6 zuk1.
    • Mr. Pong (senior) has been the keeper of this temple for many years.