老
old, aged; experienced; 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); of long standing; always; all the time
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Built from 老
Words with 老
- 二老èr lǎo · erlaomother and father; parents
- 偕老xié lǎo · xielaoto grow old together
- 元老yuán lǎo · yuanlaosenior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
- 八老bā lǎo · balao"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
- 古老gǔ lǎo · gulaoancient; old; age-old
- 啃老kěn lǎo · kenlao(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
- 垂老chuí lǎo · chuilaoapproaching old age
- 孤老gū lǎo · gulaosolitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)
- 家老jiā lǎo · jialao(old) a senior in one's household
- 尊老zūn lǎo · zunlaorespect the aged
- 年老nián lǎo · nianlaoaged
- 敬老jìng lǎo · jinglaoto respect the elderly
- 月老yuè lǎo · yuelaomatchmaker; go-between; same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]
- 服老fú lǎo · fulaoto admit to one's advancing years; to acquiesce to old age
- 法老fǎ lǎo · falaopharaoh (loanword)
- 父老fù lǎo · fulaoelders
- 终老zhōng lǎo · zhonglaoto spend one's last years
- 老丈lǎo zhàng · laozhangsir (respectful form of address for an old man)
- 老中lǎo zhōng · laozhong(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
- 老幺lǎo yāo · laoyao(coll.) youngest child
- 老二lǎo èr · laoersecond-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis
- 老人lǎo rén · laorenold man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- 老伯lǎo bó · laobouncle (polite form of address for older male)
- 老伴lǎo bàn · laoban(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
- 老例lǎo lì · laolicustom; customary practice
- 老兄lǎo xiōng · laoxiongelder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- 老儿lǎo ér · laoerfather; husband; old man
- 老公lǎo gōng · laogong(coll.) husband; (coll.) eunuch
- 老兵lǎo bīng · laobingold soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
- 老到lǎo dao · laodaoexperienced and careful