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  • outdated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

老 stroke order diagram
老 stroke order animation

WORDS

二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis
家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region
太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
鹰 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
头子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man
式 lǎo shì old-fashioned; old type; outdated
友 lǎo yǒu old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
子 lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
子 lǎo zi father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
zhǎng lǎo elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous)
兵 lǎo bīng veteran
yuán lǎo senior figure; elder; doyen
金 yǎng lǎo jīn pension
人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man
娘 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife
院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home
年人 lǎo nián rén old people; the elderly
年 lǎo nián elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother; respectful form of address for an old woman
爷 lǎo ye (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old; obsolete; out of date
fǎ lǎo pharaoh (loanword)
练 lǎo liàn seasoned; experienced
手 lǎo shǒu experienced person; an old hand at sth