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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outdated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)
二老
èrlǎo
mother and father
偕老
xiélǎo
to grow old together
元老
yuánlǎo
grandee
八老
Bālǎo
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CPC, abbr. for [[八大元老<BāDàYuánlǎo>]]
古老
gǔlǎo
ancient
啃老
kěnlǎo
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
垂老
chuílǎo
approaching old age
孤老
gūlǎo
solitary old man or woman
家老
jiālǎo
(old) a senior in one's household
尊老
zūnlǎo
respect the aged
年老
niánlǎo
aged
敬老
jìnglǎo
respect for the aged
月老
yuèlǎo
matchmaker
服老
fúlǎo
to admit to one's advancing years
法老
fǎlǎo
pharaoh (loanword)
父老
fùlǎo
elders
终老
zhōnglǎo
to spend one's last years
老丈
lǎozhàng
(formal) Sir
老幺
lǎoyāo
youngest
老二
lǎoèr
the second child or brother (or sister)
Example Sentences (3)
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
她是我今天在路上遇到的一个老同学。
Tā shì wǒ jīntiān zài lù shang yùdào de yí gè lǎo tóngxué.
She is an old classmate I met on the way today.
Text 2
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