老生 lǎo shēng

old male role in Chinese opera

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 56708th word

Definitions

  1. 1. venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)

Characters

Character Meaning
老 lǎo HSK 1
old (of people)
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw