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[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 Default PoS:  Additional PoS: Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: 老 (#125)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 考 |
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This word has been viewed 36575 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:57 |
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老師
lou5 si1 = teacher
老友
lou5 jau5 = old friend, good friend
老朋
lou5 pang4*2/paang4*2 = old friend 粵
老朋友
lou5 pang4 jau5 = old friend
老點
lou5 dim2 = to trick 粵
古老
gu2 lou5 = [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned
聖誕老人
sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4 = Father Christmas (Santa Claus)
老鼠
lou5 syu2 = mouse; [粵]: Mr. Nobody
老虎
lou5 fu2 = tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld
老婆
lou5 po4 = wifeSee all 287 compounds (CantoDict reports 300 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 老
其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 老
Unicode code for this character: U+8001 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 老
Unicode code for this character: U+8001 (off-site link)
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