Phonetic Reading of the Character '老'



Animated Stroke Order of 老:



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '老'



Radical:耂     Strokes:6



Pinyin & Definition:

lǎoprefix 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/


Related Chinese characters:



Words with Chinese Character 老:
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)
老一套the same old stuff
老一套的banal; groovelike
老一辈previous generation
older generation
老丈(formal) Sir
CL:位
老丈人father-in-law
老三届junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968
老三篇Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
老不死的A contemptuous name for old man.
老两口an old married couple
老两口儿an old married couple
老中青the aged, middle aged person and young man
老主顾regular; regular customer; old customer
老乌恰same as 烏魯克恰提|乌鲁克恰提 in Xinjiang
老乡fellow townsman
fellow villager
sb from the same hometown
老了getting old
老二the second child or brother (or sister)
penis (slang)
老于世故experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise
sophisticated
老交情long-standing friendship; an old friend
老亲old parents; old relatives