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Meaning of 老

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老HSK 3
Pinyin: lǎo
English Definition: 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough; unicode compatibility variant of 老
Chinese Definition:
①年纪大,时间长,有经验,陈旧的:老当益壮。老朋友。老练。老化。少年老成。老马识途。
②对年纪大的人的尊称:吴老。老人家。老大爷。
③极,很:老早。老羞成怒。
④老年人:敬老院。扶老携幼。老有所为(wéi)。
⑤晚年:老年。老境。
⑥敬老,养老:“老吾老,以及人之老。”
⑦总是,经常:老是生病。
⑧原来的:老地方。
⑨与“嫩”相对:黄瓜长老了。
⑩词头,用于表排行,用于表相互尊称,或加在某些动植物名前构成多音节词:老大。老鹰。老倭瓜。
⑾老子(中国先秦思想家)及其学说的简称。
⑿死的讳称:老了。
⒀(老板)指业主或企业的经营者。
⒁姓氏。
Antonyms: 少 嫩
Total strokes: 6; Radical: 老
Pictographic:A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 耂 [ lǎo ] old, aged; experienced
    • 匕 [ bǐ ] spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
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Example Words
老师HSK 1 lǎo shī teacher; Classifiers: 个
老人HSK 3 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
老板HSK 5 lǎo bǎn Robam (brand)
老板HSK 5 lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor; Classifiers: 个
老百姓HSK 5 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street"; Classifiers: 个
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Example Sentences
1
他是个老师
。
He is a teacher.
2
他是个老实人
。
He is an honest man.
3
他是一个老师
。
He is a teacher.
4
她是一名老师
。
She is a teacher.
5
我很尊敬老师
。
I respect my teacher.