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老 cũ; già
Stroke order
老 is written in 6 strokes.
- 老
Senses
- 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- outdated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
Example sentences
- 我的爷爷已经很老了。Wǒ de yéye yǐjīng hěn lǎo le.My grandfather is already very old.
- 他是我的老朋友。Tā shì wǒ de lǎo péngyou.He is an old friend of mine.
Related words
老 is pronounced lǎo and means “cũ; già”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 老 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.