Chinese Character 老 (lou5 | lao3) : old, venerable

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老
lou5 lao3
[1] old; aged; venerable [2] always [3] the youngest [4] very [5] a particle indicating ordinal numbers to designate order of birth [6] parents; [7] a particle used before a man's family name to indicate familiarity and friendship [8] tough (meat); overcooked [9] [v] treat with the reverence [10] dark (color) [11] [Wu] very Stroke count: 6 Level: 2 Radical: 老 (#125)
老
Don't confuse with: 考
This character was last edited on 29th Aug 2008
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老師 lou5 si1 lao3 shi1 = teacher 老友 lou5 jau5 lao3 you3 = old friend, good friend 老點 lou5 dim2 = to trick粵古老 gu2 lou5 gu3 lao3 = [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned 聖誕老人 sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4 sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2 = Father Christmas (Santa Claus) 老鼠 lou5 syu2 lao3 shu3 = mouse 老虎 lou5 fu2 lao3 hu3 = tiger 老婆 lou5 po4 lao3 po2 = wife 老豆 lou5 dau6 = father; dad (informal); the male protector of a prostitute粵老細 lou5 sai3 = boss; manager; owner粵 See all 191 compounds
Showing 10 of 22 examples containing 老我個中文老師好好人㗎粵 edit My Chinese teacher is a very nice person. 老點我呀! 粵 edit You cheated me! 你信唔信有聖誕老人呀? 粵 edit Do you believe in Father Christmas? 你相信有聖誕老公公嗎？國 edit Do you believe in Father Christmas? 若果你唔乖﹐聖誕老人就唔送禮物畀你粵 edit If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents. 你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國 edit If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents! 漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國 edit Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old. 我越老越冇記性。粵 edit As I get older, I get more forgetful. 我畀人搵老襯。粵 edit Someone tricked me. 我的老天爺啊！國 edit Oh, my God! Show all 22 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 老
Unicode code for this character: U+8001 (off-site link)

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