lǎo

old, aged; experienced

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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  • outdated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

狐狸 lǎo hú li old fox; fig. cunning person
调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
鸭 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck
天荒地 tiān huāng dì lǎo until the end of time (idiom)
城区 lǎo chéng qū Laocheng district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 shi4], Henan; old city district; historical center
当益壮 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years
婆 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine; mistress; (dialect) woman
fù lǎo elders
态 lǎo tài elderly, as in movement or bearing
江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
汉 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself)
谋深算 lǎo móu shēn suàn rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
酒 lǎo jiǔ wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ paper tiger
花镜 lǎo huā jìng presbyopic glasses
资格 lǎo zī gé veteran
过街鼠 guò jiē lǎo shǔ sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街,人人喊打|老鼠过街,人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
院 jìng lǎo yuàn home of respect for aged; nursing home
男女幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old; everybody
夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man)
妪 lǎo yù old woman (formal writing)
字号 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
花 lǎo huā presbyopia
迈 lǎo mài aged; senile
八十 qī lǎo bā shí in one's seventies (age); very old (of people)