What does Laobiao mean?

The meaning of laobiao is:

1. Refers to the relationship between the uncle's daughter or the aunt's daughter and oneself as "old cousin", which means: cousin relationship . Also known as "old watch".

2. Dialect of Jiangxi Province. The meaning is similar to "fellow fellow" and contains a friendly connotation;

3. Dialects in Sichuan and Chongqing areas. If men and women of the previous generation have the same surname and are of the same generation, the men of the next generation will call each other Lao Biao. This phenomenon is particularly prominent in Yongchuan, Jiangjin, and Lijiacun areas. Men with the same surname cannot call each other Lao Biao, which is different from Jian Nao Ke, Shao Huo Lao, etc. Local dialect and folk culture.

3. In Cantonese, laobiao also means cousin. Laobiao is generally a general term and does not refer to a specific cousin. It is a term of endearment.

Extended information:

Laobiao is the name given by Jiangxi people to fellow villagers from the same province. It has a certain degree of intimacy and is also called "Laobiao". Jiangxi laobiao has also become a more affectionate name for Jiangxi people from other provinces. In addition, some immigrants from Jiangxi since the Ming and Qing Dynasties to other provinces in modern times have also maintained the title of "Laobiao", such as Hunan, northern Fujian and other places. There is no generally accepted view on the origin of the term "Jiangxi Laobiao". There are many theories:

1. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many areas in eastern Hunan and Hunan were deserted due to war, and a large number of Jiangxi people Moved to Hunan. Later, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of people from Jiangxi moved in, and in some places, eighty-nine out of ten households came from Jiangxi. When these descendants of Jiangxi people who moved to Hunan returned to Jiangxi to pay homage to their ancestors, they liked to call the local Jiangxi people "old cousin", which means "cousin." This is the legend related to filling Huguang in Jiangxi Province, and it is also the most popular theory about the origin of the word Laobiao.

2. Zhu Yuanzhang was rescued from a disaster before he became emperor. In order to repay the kindness of the people of Jiangxi, he promised that if he conquered the world, the people of Jiangxi could come to him directly in the name of his old cousin if anything happened.

3. Originating from the Hakka area in southern Jiangxi, the Cantonese who moved from eastern Guangdong called the locals "Laobiao" (because people in both places are Hakka). Later, it spread to the whole of Jiangxi and became "Laobiao". Another name for "fellow fellow".

4. Taoism and Feng Shui have been popular in Jiangxi since ancient times. People from nearby provinces like to hire Feng Shui masters from Jiangxi to see Feng Shui. As a Feng Shui magician, dials are a must-have, and people from other provinces call them laobiao. Jiangxi Feng Shui Master. Over time, it became used to refer to all Jiangxi people.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia_Laobiao