| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 老 | 老 | lǎo | lao3 | 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | ||
| 2 | 老师 | 老師 | lǎo shī | lao3 shi1 | teacher; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 3 | 老人 | 老人 | lǎo rén | lao3 ren2 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | ||
| 4 | 老婆 | 老婆 | lǎo pó | lao3 po2 | (coll.) wife | ||
| 5 | 老头 | 老頭 | lǎo tóu | lao3 tou2 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | ||
| 6 | 老爷 | 老爺 | lǎo ye | lao3 ye5 | (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather | ||
| 7 | 老百姓 | 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | lao3 bai3 xing4 | ordinary people; the "person in the street"; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 8 | 老鼠 | 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | lao3 shu3 | rat; mouse; Classifiers: 只 | ||
| 9 | 老是 | 老是 | lǎo shi | lao3 shi5 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; open and guileless; naive; always | ||
| 10 | 老太太 | 老太太 | lǎo tài tai | lao3 tai4 tai5 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; Classifiers: 位 | ||
| 11 | 老汉 | 老漢 | lǎo hàn | lao3 han4 | old man; I (an old man referring to himself) | ||
| 12 | 老虎 | 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | lao3 hu3 | tiger; Classifiers: 只 | ||
| 13 | 老年人 | 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | lao3 nian2 ren2 | old people; the elderly | ||
| 14 | 老子 | 老子 | lǎo zi | lao3 zi5 | father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly) | ||
| 15 | 老子 | 老子 | lǎo zǐ | Lao3 zi3 | Laozi 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 jiā | lao3 ren2 jia1 | polite term for old woman or man | ||
| 17 | 老乡 | 老鄉 | lǎo xiāng | lao3 xiang1 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | ||
| 18 | 老头子 | 老頭子 | lǎo tóu zi | lao3 tou2 zi5 | (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man | ||
| 19 | 老伴 | 老伴 | lǎo bàn | lao3 ban4 | (of an elderly couple) husband or wife | ||
| 20 | 老年 | 老年 | lǎo nián | lao3 nian2 | elderly; old age; autumn of one's years | ||
| 21 | 老大 | 老大 | lǎo dà | lao3 da4 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | ||
| 22 | 老朋友 | 老朋友 | lǎo péng you | lao3 peng2 you5 | old friend; (slang) period; menstruation | ||
| 23 | 老爹 | 老爹 | lǎo diē | lao3 die1 | (dialect) father; old man; sir | ||
| 24 | 老太婆 | 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | lao3 tai4 po2 | old woman (at times contemptuous) | ||
| 25 | 老家 | 老家 | lǎo jiā | lao3 jia1 | native place; place of origin; home state or region |
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