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老
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

old man

HSK 1 N2
Human →Relations
lǎo
ロウ
お.いる、ふ.ける
로
Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane.
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
老
Regular
Modern
Chinese
老 [lǎo]
prefix 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; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
Japanese
老 ろう 同音
  1. nounn-prefn-suf old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
  2. pronoun archaichumble I; me; my humble self (used by the elderly)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その老医師は自分の仕事に誇りを持っている。
The old doctor takes pride in his work.
Japanese Names
老 おい
Oi surname
老 おいさき
Oisaki surname
老 ろう
Rou surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
老师 [lǎo​shī] #804
teacher
老师 [lǎo​shī] #804
teacher
老板 [lǎo​bǎn] #924
variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo​bǎn]
老板 [Lǎo​bǎn] #924
Robam (brand)
老婆 [lǎo​pó] #934
(coll.) wife
老兄 [lǎo​xiōng] #709
elder brother (often used self-referentially)
老人 [lǎo​rén] #3,401
old man or woman
老公 [lǎo​gōng] #2,327
(coll.) husband
老天 [lǎo​tiān] #1,375
God
老实 [lǎo​shi] #1,669
honest
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 老人 [ろうじん] #3,063
old person
⭐ 化ける [ばける] #8,646
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.)
⭐ 老婆 [ろうば] #9,417
old woman
⭐ 老いる [おいる] #10,731
to age
⭐ 長老 [ちょうろう] #11,413
elder
⭐ 初老 [しょろう] #11,949
past middle age
年老いる [としおいる] #15,372
to grow old
⭐ 老ける [ふける] #16,311
to age
⭐ 老い [おい] #19,611
old age
⭐ 老若男女 [ろうにゃくなんにょ] #19,612
men and women of all ages
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KOREAN WORDS (35)
경로 #9,243
respect for the aged
노인 #10,057
old person; the aged; senior citizen
노파 #34,136
old woman
양로원 #43,197
nursing home
경로석
gyeongnoseok; seat for the elderly
남녀노소
men and women of all ages; people of all ages and both sexes
노구
old body; old bones
노년
old age
노년기
senescent period; senescence
노령
old age
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