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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough; unicode compatibility variant of 老 Chinese Definition: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。
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