lǎo

old, aged; experienced

HSK 1 #179

DEFINITIONS

老 lǎo
  • 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
  • old (of people)
  • venerable (person)
  • experienced
  • of long standing
  • always
  • all the time
  • of the past
  • very
  • outdated
  • (of meat etc) tough

STROKES

WORDS

白頭偕 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part
白头到 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part
白頭到 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part
百岁人 bǎi suì lǎo rén centenarian
百歲人 bǎi suì lǎo rén centenarian
匯 bǎi lǎo huì Broadway (New York City)
空心大官 kōng xīn dà lǎo guān fake important personage; sham
空心大 kōng xīn lǎo dà pretentious and vacuous person
几 suàn lǎo jǐ (coll.) (I, you etc) have what status; who am I (you etc)
幾 suàn lǎo jǐ (coll.) (I, you etc) have what status; who am I (you etc)
米奇鼠 mǐ qí lǎo shǔ Mickey Mouse
虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ paper tiger
zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years
zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years
皇历 fān lǎo huáng lì to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
皇曆 fān lǎo huáng lì to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
账 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation; older generation
丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
三篇 lǎo sān piān Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
三色 lǎo sān sè the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard
么 lǎo yāo youngest
人院 lǎo rén yuàn nursing home; old people's home