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 outdated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
results matter, not methods; be pragmatic
results over methods; only outcome matters
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
nonagenarian
(of a woman) old and faded
(of a woman) old and faded
to act as the boss; put on senior airs
to grow old together
senate; upper house; senior statesmen's assembly
helmet (archaic)
abbr. to bā lǎo
the eight senior CCP leaders
to cheat (in gambling)
middle-aged but still attractive woman
sweet and sour pork; also written gū lū ròu
slot machine
Qing-era secret rebel society
anti-Qing secret society
Donald Duck
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
adult child living off parents
bumpkin; yokel; hillbilly
approaching old age
very far away