老

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What 老 means

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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

Pictographic: A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂

Made of 耂 + 匕

Words with 老

• 老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
• 老师lǎo shīteacher
• 老兄lǎo xiōngelder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
• 老爸lǎo bàfather; dad
• 老天lǎo tiānGod; Heavens
• 老大lǎo dàold age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
• 老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
• 老公lǎo gong(coll.) eunuch; see also 老公
• 老实lǎo shihonest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
• 老鼠lǎo shǔrat; mouse (只)
• 老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
• 老妈lǎo māmother; mom

老 in a sentence

• 我的老婆孩子都依靠我。

  wǒ de lǎo pó hái zi dōu yī kào wǒ 。

  My wife and children depend on me.

• 我给我的老爸送了一个铃鼓。

  wǒ gěi wǒ de lǎo bà sòng le yí gè líng gǔ 。

  I gave my dad a tambourine as a gift.

• 这家公司的老板是谁？

  zhè jiā gōng sī de lǎo bǎn shì shuí ？

  Who is the boss of this company?

• 您应遵循你老师的建议。

  nín yìng zūn xún nǐ lǎo shī de jiàn yì 。

  You should follow your teacher's advice.

• 她的老公通常醉醺醺的。

  tā de lǎo gōng tōng cháng zuì xūn xūn de 。

  Her husband is usually drunk.

Characters that sound like 老

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