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Mandarin · Pinyin

  • lǎo

English

  1. old, aged
  2. 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
  3. (adjective) overlooked
  4. senior person (in age or experience)
  5. old in age
  6. used to indicate affection, familarity or seniority before or after the surname of a person; after the prefix "老", if the last syllable of the surname is not Tone 1, it will become Tone 2. For example, "周 zau1" will become "老周 lou5 zau1" (i.e. no change), but "黃 wong4" and "麥 mak6" become "老黃 lou5 wong2" and "老麥 lou5 mak2" respectively.
  7. experienced
  8. old (of people)
  9. of long standing
  10. used to indicate affection
  11. Kangxi radical 125
  12. venerable (person)
  13. loss of tenderness due to overripeness or overcooking
  14. used as colloquial shorthand
  15. experienced
  16. to lose function due to wear and tear
  17. used to indicate ranking, before "大" for the top and numerals starting from "二" for the rest ("大" and "二" become Tone 2)
  18. of long standing
  19. experienced; senior
  20. always
  21. a prefix without lexical meaning
  22. all the time
  23. of the past
  24. very
  25. outdated
  26. (of meat etc) tough

粵語

  1. 年紀大或者資歷深嘅人
  2. 年紀好大
  3. 加喺姓氏前面或後面表示親切、熟悉或者尊敬。加咗「老」喺前面之後，姓氏最尾一個字如果係唔係第一聲，要讀第二聲。所以「周 zau1」繼續係「老周 lou5 zau1」，但係「黃 wong4」「麥 mak6」就會變「老黃 lou5 wong2」「老麥 lou5 mak2」。
  4. 長期
  5. 表示親切嘅叫法
  6. 煮過籠，令到啲嘢食冇晒水份，好硬好乾
  7. 喺通俗嘅簡稱前加「老」
  8. 功能因日久而衰退
  9. 用嚟表示排行；排第一就加喺「大」前面，其餘就加喺由「二」開始嘅數詞前面，而「大」同「二」都係讀第二聲
  10. 經驗、資歷豐富
  11. 冇詞彙意義嘅前綴

Decomposition

Structure

⿸耂匕

IDS

⿸耂匕

Components

耂匕

Stroke order

As a component in · 103

Words containing 老

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