Dictionary/老

老

老 lǎo

ㄌㄠˇ
AdjHSK 1TOCFL Novice 1core 10k
1venerable (person)
2experienced
3of long standing
4always
5all the time
6of the past
7very
8outdated
9(of meat etc) tough
10old (of people)
11prefix 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

Characters

Examples

lǎo老tóng xué同学,nǐ你xiàn zài现在zài在nǎ r哪儿gōng zuò工作?
老同学,你现在在哪儿工作?
Old pal! Where are you working now?
我现在老了,走不动了。
Now I am too old to walk.
那女人比我老很多。
That woman is much older than I am.

See also: words & characters pronounced lǎo