lǎo

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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

a picture of 老 → an elder stooped with age

The original form shows a bent figure with long flowing hair and a cane — a body that has carried many years. From this image of physical aging comes everything: seniority, experience, long standing, and even the warm familiarity of calling someone 老王.

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是忘记带钥匙,真让人头疼。

tā lǎo shì wàng jì dài yào shi, zhēn ràng rén tóu téng。

He is always forgetting to bring his keys, it really gives people a headache.

村里的人说,这条路他走了几十年了。

cūn lǐ de lǎo rén shuō, zhè tiáo lù tā zǒu le jǐ shí nián le。

The old person in the village said he has been walking this road for decades.

Words with 老

Tony老师

t o n y lǎo shī

(slang) hairdresser

老饕

lǎo tāo

glutton

老挝

lǎo wō

Laos

过街老鼠

guò jiē lǎo shǔ

sb or sth detested by all

适老化

shì lǎo huà

to make (products, living spaces etc) suitable for the elderly; (attributive) senior-friendly; elder-accessible

遗老

yí lǎo

old fogy; adherent of previous dynasty

还给老师

huán gěi lǎo shī

to forget (everything one has learned)

阔老

kuò lǎo

variant of 闊佬|阔佬[kuo4 lao3]

钻石王老五

zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔ

highly eligible bachelor

长生不老

cháng shēng bù lǎo

(idiom) to live forever and never grow old

长老

zhǎng lǎo

elder

长老会

zhǎng lǎo huì

Presbyterianism

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