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HSK
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
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  *老* | 老* | *老
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
always
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
native place / place of origin / home state or region
HSK 4
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
HSK 7-9
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
pension
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
very far away
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 老伴
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
Robam (brand)
old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age
to respect the elderly
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
(slang) hairdresser
swindler; cheat (in gambling)
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
tiger / CL: 隻|只
the older generation / ancestors
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
father; dad
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
old fellow / old man / father / husband
matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
old man
oldie (song)
Broadway (New York City)
mother; mom
middle and old age
presbyopia
aged
(dialect) father / old man / sir
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
peddler / old or regular customer
old man; elderly man
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
Mickey Mouse
old people; the elderly
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗
Laos
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
I (spoken by an old man)
my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
(coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man
to get old
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
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)
concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
old lady
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
to grow old / to age / aging
old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch
slot machine
(dialect) crow; raven
old fox / fig. cunning person
(old) a senior in one's household
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
previous generation / older generation
God / Heavens
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
an old saying
(coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
same place as before / usual place / stomping ground
Father Christmas; Santa Claus
classic car

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