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老人家 (lǎo rén jiā): meaning and stroke order

老人家 (lǎo rén jiā) means polite term for old woman or man.

老人家

Simplified
老人家
Traditional
老人家 (same form)
Pinyin
lǎo rén jiā

Stroke order of 老人家

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

Stroke by stroke

人

  • rén person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
  • 2 strokes

Stroke by stroke

家

  • jiā used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
  • jiā home; family
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 傢

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 老人家

  1. lǎo rén jiā
    • polite term for old woman or man

Radicals of the characters

老
Radical 老 (Kangxi radical 125) · 6 strokes · 耂 on top, 匕 below
人
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 2 strokes
家
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 10 strokes · 宀 on top, 豕 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.

老人家 in our stories

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  • 亲戚们都笑了：“老人家糊涂了，送你一箱旧衣服吧。”

    qīnqi men dōu xiào le lǎorenjia hútu le sòng nǐ yì xiāng jiù yīfu ba

    The relatives all laughed: "The old man lost his wits. He's left you a box of old clothes."

    From the story Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6

Stories using 老人家

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).