老 (lǎo)
old (of people); experienced; prefix indicating affection or familiarity
How 老 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Traditional
- 老
- Simplified
- 老 (unchanged)
Common words using 老
- 老公 lǎogōng
- (informal) husband
- 老婆 lǎopó
- (informal) wife
- 老媽 lǎomā
- mother; mom
- 老師 lǎoshī
- teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 老爸 lǎobà
- father; dad
- 老闆 lǎobǎn
- Robam (brand)
- 古老 gǔlǎo
- ancient; old; age-old
- 回老家 huílǎojiā
- to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
- 年老 niánlǎo
- aged
- 老人 lǎorén
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- 老人家 lǎorénjiā
- polite term for old woman or man
- 老外 lǎowài
- foreigner
老 in a sentence
他是我認識很久的老朋友了。
Tā shì wǒ rènshì hěn jiǔ de lǎo péngyǒu le.
“He is an old friend I have known for a long time.”
How common is 老?
老 is the 179th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 53.5% of all running text.
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