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老
Mandarin: lao3
Definitions
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
  12. 12 old age
  13. 13 abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
  14. 14 a surname
  15. 15 to retire from official service
  16. 16 to become old
  17. 17 to honor the aged
  18. 18 shameless, thick-skinned
  19. 19 familiar term of respect for elderly people
  20. 20 decrepit
  21. 21 hardened
  22. 22 steady
  23. 23 trustworthy
  24. 24 dark
  25. 25 deep (colour)
  26. 26 youngest (in Beijing dialect)
  27. 27 parents
  28. 28 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
老
[[old]] | laau sūng 老兄/□蕭 — a Shanghainese, the Shanghainese; a north
Words containing 老
廢老
屌你老母
老坑
屌你老尾冚家剷
euphemism for 'fuck your mother you bastard', foul language insulting one's moth
回老家
go back to hometown
老二
the second child or brother (or sister); Mandarin slang for the penis; Canto sla
老婆餅
Wife cake, a pastry made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste and sesame
行老正
to swindle [colloquial]
老糠都搾出油
to be overly tight with money; to squeeze every drop of money from someone who i
老脾
tantrum; emotional outbreak (spoken)
封老毛
to give a red packet of lucky money [colloquial]
和事老
a middleman who acts as a mediator or negotiator to try and resolve the issue(s)
告老還鄉
resign from one's position and return to one's hometown
老泥
the mixture of dirt and dead skin on the surface of the skin; literally 'old mud
窩打老道
(road) Waterloo Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong
老幾
order of seniority; level; can be used in a rhetorical question to express the i
老虎
tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld
龍頭老大
big boss; leader of a group; dominant (position)
老頭子
[1] old man [2] father
老火湯
slow-cooked soup
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