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HSK 1
老
lǎo
1.
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
2.
old (of people)
3.
venerable (person)
4.
experienced
5.
of long standing
6.
always
7.
all the time
8.
of the past
9.
very
10.
outdated
11.
(of meat etc) tough
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
老姥
lǎomǔ
old lady (term of modesty)
老弟
lǎodì
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
老友
lǎoyǒu
old friend
老套
lǎotào
old things
老家
lǎojiā
native place
老式
lǎoshì
old-fashioned
老公
lǎogong
(coll.) eunuch
老千
lǎoqiān
cheat
老墨
LǎoMò
(coll.) a Mexican
老太
lǎotài
old lady
老妪
lǎoyù
old woman (formal writing)
老客
lǎokè
peddler
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
老年
lǎonián
elderly
老伴
lǎobàn
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
老公
lǎogōng
(coll.) husband
老到
lǎodao
experienced and careful
老化
lǎohuà
to age (of person or object)
老君
Lǎojūn
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
老境
lǎojìng
advanced years
Example Sentences (2)
老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
老年人说：浪漫其实就像歌中唱的那样，“我能想到最浪漫的事，就是和你一起慢慢变老。”
lǎo nián rén shuō：làng màn qí shí jiù xiàng gē zhōng chàng de nà yàng,"wǒ néng xiǎng dào zuì làng màn de shì,jiù shì hé nǐ yì qǐ màn màn biàn lǎo."
Elderly people say: Romance is actually just like the song says, 'The most romantic thing I can think of is to slowly grow old with you.'
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 178
- Word Frequency Rank
- 260 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 125