| | 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 1 |
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| | old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents | HSK 1 |
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| | always | HSK 2 |
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| | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | HSK 2 |
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| | old friend / (slang) period / menstruation | HSK 2 |
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| | boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL: 位 | HSK 3 |
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| | ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) husband | HSK 4 |
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| | honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible | HSK 4 |
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| | (coll.) wife | HSK 4 |
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| | native place / place of origin / home state or region | HSK 4 |
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| | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | HSK 6 |
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| | old man / I (an old man referring to himself) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 |
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| | very far away | HSK 7-9 |
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| | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | polite term for old woman or man | HSK 7-9 |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | old man; elderly man | |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公 | |
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| | lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran | |
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| | glutton | |
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| | old fellow / old man / father / husband | |
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| | outmoded / old-fashioned | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) | |
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| | old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain) | |
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| | experienced person / an old hand at sth | |
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| | Robam (brand) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Laos | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | father; dad | |
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| | Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist | |
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| | Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) | |
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| | previous generation / older generation | |
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| | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | |
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| | venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) | |
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| | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) | |
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| | mother; mom | |
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| | (dialect) father / old man / sir | |
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| | (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur | |
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| | (of an elderly couple) husband or wife | |
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| | old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) | |
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| | (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather | |
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| | (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey | |
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| | old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran | |
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| | second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis | |
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| | old woman (at times contemptuous) | |
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| | hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion | |
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| | old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged | |
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| | the old and the young / the youngest member of the family | |
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| | callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 | |
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| | old-fashioned; old-school | |
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| | seasoned; experienced | |
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| | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) | |
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| | an old saying | |
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| | old man | |
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| | old town / old district of a city | |
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| | my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male | |
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| | old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior | |
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| | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
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| | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal | |
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| | mature / experienced / sophisticated | |
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| | where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
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| | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism | |
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| | self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen | |
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| | old lady | |
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| | elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy | |
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| | old fox; slick customer | |
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| | I (spoken by an old man) | |
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| | an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments | |
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| | female brothel keeper | |
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| | capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk | |
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| | old-fashioned; unstylish | |
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| | youngest | |
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| | lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations | |
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| | classic car | |
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| | father / old man / venerable sir | |
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| | old woman (formal writing) | |
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| | older female servant; amah | |
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| | aged; senile | |
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| | presbyopia | |
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| | dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile | |
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| | old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age | |
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| | (coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable | |
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| | old woman role in Chinese opera | |
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| | no longer a child (idiom) | |
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| | Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning | |
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| | lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife | |
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