lǎo

old (of people)

HSK 1 #179

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 179th character
Radical ⽼ (125.0)
Strokes 6
Index # 360

Definitions

老 lǎo
  1. 1. old (of people)
  2. 2. 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
  3. 3. very
  4. 4. always
  5. 5. all the time
  6. 6. experienced
  7. 7. of long standing
  8. 8. venerable (person)
  9. 9. outdated
  10. 10. of the past
  11. 11. (of meat etc) tough

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Words containing 老

Word Meaning
old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
Laohekou county level city in Xiangfan xiāng fán, Hubei
Laohekou city in Hubei, China
crafty fellow; (coll.) wily old fox
slick customer; old fox
slick customer; old fox
old man; I (an old man referring to himself)
heavy smoker; chain smoker; life-long smoker
heavy smoker; chain smoker; life-long smoker
heavy smoker; chain smoker
heavy smoker; chain smoker
dad; father
master; (coll.) maternal grandfather; (respectful) lord
polite appellation for an elderly male
Sikhote–Alin Mountains in Russia
Sikhote-Alin Mountains in Russia
(coll.) father's father's father
classic car
fig. a May-December relationship
fig. slow and inefficient
fig. slow and inefficient