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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
always
HSK 2
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
HSK 3
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
native place / place of origin / home state or region
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 man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
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
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
very far away
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
pension
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 老伴
HSK 7-9
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
old man; elderly man
God / Heavens
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
tiger / CL: 隻|只
glutton
(slang) hairdresser
old fellow / old man / father / husband
outmoded / old-fashioned
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)
old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
experienced person / an old hand at sth
Robam (brand)
boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
Laos
oldie (song)
father; dad
Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
aged
previous generation / older generation
Mindanao (island in the Philippines)
to respect the elderly
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
mother; mom
respect the old and cherish the young
elders
(dialect) father / old man / sir
matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
pharaoh (loanword)
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
old woman (at times contemptuous)
hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼
Broadway (New York City)
old-fashioned; old-school
seasoned; experienced
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
an old saying
(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
old man
mother and father / parents
old town / old district of a city
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
to grow old together
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
mature / experienced / sophisticated
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)

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