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 outdated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
(coll.) debt dodger
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet)
the older generation; ancestors
the older generation; ancestors
very far away
aged; senile
Laobian district of Yingkou City yíng kǒu shì, Liaoning
Laobian district of Yingkou City yíng kǒu shì, Liaoning
Laobian district of Yingkou City yíng kǒu shì, Liaoning
Laobian district of Yingkou City yíng kǒu shì, Liaoning
sb from the same hometown; fellow townsman; fellow villager
boss; business proprietor; variant of lǎo bǎn
lady boss; boss's wife; female proprietor
old man; old fellow; father
(coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man
mini electric car for seniors; backscratcher
bamboo backscratcher; small aids for old people
glutton
old but still full of drive; old with big dreams
ambitious old person; elder with high aims
fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
experienced person who knows what to do
fig. aged person with great aspirations; old thoroughbred