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老 lǎo
老 (lǎo) means "prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral…". It is a word from HSK 1 (Adj), number 121 in this course by how often it appears.
- Meaning
- 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; venerable
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 老
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Example sentences
- 他很老。
He was very old.
Tatoeba: CLARET / CK - 我老了。
I'm old.
Tatoeba: User5120 / Zaghawa - 猫老了。
The cat is old.
Tatoeba: alvations / alvations
Learned together
In the course, "老" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.