Character data

HSK 1

FREQUENCY 179th character

RADICAL ⽼ (125.0)

STROKES 6

INDEX # 360

老 lǎo

old (of people)

HSK 1 #179

老 lǎo

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 outdated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

Word	Meaning
老狐狸 lǎo hú li	fig. cunning person; old fox
老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán	to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
唐老鸭 táng lǎo yā	Donald Duck
天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo	until the end of time (idiom)
老城区 lǎo chéng qū	old city district; historical center
老当益壮 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng	old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years
小老婆 xiǎo lǎo pó	mistress; concubine; (dialect) woman
父老 fù lǎo	elders
老态 lǎo tài	elderly, as in movement or bearing
老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú	old hand; worldly-wise, street-smart person
老汉 lǎo hàn	old man; I (an old man referring to himself)
老谋深算 lǎo móu shēn suàn	shrewd and experienced; very calculating
老酒 lǎo jiǔ	wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
纸老虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ	paper tiger
老花镜 lǎo huā jìng	presbyopic glasses
老资格 lǎo zī gé	veteran
过街老鼠 guò jiē lǎo shǔ	sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema
敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn	nursing home; home of respect for aged
男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu	men, women, young and old; everybody
老夫 lǎo fū	I (spoken by an old man)
老妪 lǎo yù	old woman (formal writing)
老字号 lǎo zì hào	time-honored brand or shop
老花 lǎo huā	presbyopia
老迈 lǎo mài	aged; senile
七老八十 qī lǎo bā shí	very old (of people); in one's seventies (age)

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