老公公

lǎogōnggong
  1. old man
  2. husband's father
  3. father-in-law
  4. court eunuch

CEDICT

  1. (historical, honorific) court eunuch
  2. (regional) husband's father; father-in-law
  3. (regional) old man
  4. court eunuch
  5. husband's father; father-in-law
  6. old man

Wiktionary

  1. 尊称年老的男子。
  2. 用以称太监。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 老公 lǎogōng (coll.) husband
=1 老公 lǎogong
  1. (coll.) eunuch
  2. see also 老公 lǎogōng
2 公 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)

Related entries

老叟 lǎosǒu old man
老汉 lǎohàn
  1. old man
  2. I (an old man referring to himself)
老翁 lǎowēng old man
老头子 lǎotóuzi
  1. (coll.) old man
  2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
丈人 zhàngrén
  1. wife's father (father-in-law)
  2. old man
我星期天常常到丈人丈母家去帮他们干点力气活。

I often go to my mother-in-law and father-in-law's house on Sundays to help them do physical work.

Source: Tatoeba

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