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老

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)

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 HSK 2.0 · Level 3 adjectiveadverb Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

5 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Bamboo & silkWarring States
  4. Small sealQin–Han
  5. ClericalHan

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

lǎo lao3
  1. 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
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough

Example sentences

HSK words with 老 · 24 of 31

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