Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "老" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "老" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
lǎo
Definition
(a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family to indicate affection or familiarity) / old (of people)
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng
senile dementia / Alzheimer's disease
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
old woman (formal writing)
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
cunning / crafty / wily old fox
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4]
my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
polite term for old woman or man
an elderly person of no family
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
mouse droppings / mouse dung
teacher / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
men, women, young and old / everybody
taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
Lao People's Democratic Republic