老 (lǎo): meaning and stroke order
老 (lǎo) means prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of….
老
- Simplified
- 老
- Traditional
- 老 (same form)
- Pinyin
- lǎo
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Stroke order of 老
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)
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 老
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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)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
Radical and structure
- 老
- Radical 老 (Kangxi radical 125) · 6 strokes · 耂 on top, 匕 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 老
- 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly
- 老城 lǎo chéng old town; old district of a city
- 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin
- 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient; old
- 老实 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved
- 老话 lǎo huà an old saying
- 老板 Lǎo bǎn Robam (brand)
- 老师 lǎo shī teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 老将 lǎo jiàng lit. old general; commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
- 老街 Lǎo jiē Lao Cai, Vietnam; Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
- 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man
- 养老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home
老 in our stories
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暑假的时候，苏晴住在外婆的老房子里。
shǔjià de shíhou Sū Qíng zhù zài wàipó de lǎo fángzi lǐ
During the summer holidays Su Qing stays in her grandmother's old house.
From the story The noise upstairs HSK 3
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很多年以后，孔子老了，听说有人打猎的时候打死了一只麒麟。
hěn duō nián yǐhòu Kǒngzǐ lǎo le tīngshuō yǒurén dǎliè de shíhou dǎ sǐ le yì zhī qílín
Many years later, when Confucius was old, he heard that hunters had killed a qilin.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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爷爷来店里，给他讲了一个老故事：一个农民看见兔子撞死在树下，就天天守在树旁边，再也不种地了。
yéye lái diàn lǐ gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè lǎo gùshi yí gè nóngmín kànjiàn tùzi zhuàng sǐ zài shù xià jiù tiāntiān shǒu zài shù pángbiān zài yě bú zhòng dì le
His grandfather came to the shop and told him an old story: a farmer saw a hare run into a tree and die, so he sat by the tree every day and never worked his field again.
From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
Stories using 老
- The noise upstairs HSK 3
- The qilin HSK 4
- Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- No perfect answer HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).