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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 lǎolao3prefix 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
2老师 老師 lǎo shīlao3 shi1teacher; Classifiers:
3老人 老人 lǎo rénlao3 ren2old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
4老婆 老婆 lǎo lao3 po2(coll.) wife
5老头 老頭 lǎo tóulao3 tou2old fellow; old man; father; husband
6老爷 老爺 lǎo yelao3 ye5(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
7老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìnglao3 bai3 xing4ordinary people; the "person in the street"; Classifiers:
8老板 老闆 lǎo bǎnLao3 ban3boss; business proprietor; Classifiers: ; Robam (brand); variant of 老板
9老鼠 老鼠 lǎo shǔlao3 shu3rat; mouse; Classifiers:
10老太太 老太太 lǎo tài tailao3 tai4 tai5elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; Classifiers:
11老汉 老漢 lǎo hànlao3 han4old man; I (an old man referring to himself)
12老虎 老虎 lǎo lao3 hu3tiger; Classifiers:
13老年人 老年人 lǎo nián rénlao3 nian2 ren2old people; the elderly
14老子 老子 lǎo zilao3 zi5father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
15老子 老子 lǎo Lao3 zi3Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德经 by Laozi
16老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiālao3 ren2 jia1polite term for old woman or man
17老实 老實 lǎo shilao3 shi5always; honest; sincere; well-behaved; open and guileless; naive
18老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiānglao3 xiang1fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
19老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zilao3 tou2 zi5(coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man
20老伴 老伴 lǎo bànlao3 ban4(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
21老年 老年 lǎo niánlao3 nian2elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
22老大 老大 lǎo lao3 da4old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
23老朋友 老朋友 lǎo péng youlao3 peng2 you5old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
24老爹 老爹 lǎo diēlao3 die1(dialect) father; old man; sir
25老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài lao3 tai4 po2old woman (at times contemptuous)

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