老
Character
old (of people or animals); elderly
- Radical
- 老 (itself)
- Strokes
- 6
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 耂 匕
- Traditional
- 老
- Frequency
- #253 most common character
Meaning
lǎo
lao3- old (of people or animals); elderly
- always; all the time (for things that happen again and again)
Examples
我家的狗很老了。
wǒ jiā de gǒu hěn lǎo le
My dog is very old.
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这里老下雨。
zhè lǐ lǎo xià yǔ
It rains here all the time.
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Stroke order
All 6 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 老
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Words with 老
See all 399 →老人lǎo rénan old man or womanWordHSK 1老师lǎo shīteacher; a person whose job is to teach students in a schoolWordHSK 1老年lǎo niánold age; the time of life when a person is oldWordHSK 2老是lǎo shialways; again and againWordHSK 2老朋友lǎo péng youa friend you have known for a long timeWordHSK 2老板lǎo bǎnboss; the person who tells workers what to doWordHSK 3老太太lǎo tài taian old woman (a polite way to talk about her)WordHSK 3老头儿lǎo tóu ran old man (casual spoken word)WordHSK 3老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; normal people in a country, not leadersWordHSK 3老公lǎo gōnghusband (an informal word for the man a woman is married to)WordHSK 4老婆lǎo pówife (an informal word for the woman a man is married to)WordHSK 4老实lǎo shihonest; not telling lies or doing bad thingsWordHSK 4