老
Bedeutungen
alt, erfahren (Adj), sehr, immer
AdvHöfliche Anrede für einen alten Bekannten.
S1 Beispiel aus HanDeDict
- 老黃
wörtl. alter Wong (Huang)
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- 老黃
Lao (Eig, Fam)
Radikal Nr. 125 = alt, betagt, veraltet, überholt, hart, dunkelfarbig
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Schriftzeichen
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Töne · Mandarin
3 · lao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lou5
Cantonese word readings for 老. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- old; aged; senior; elderly
- old (as opposed to new); of long standing
- outdated; old-fashioned
- original; former
- the elderly; one's elders
- Used after the surname of an old person to address a venerable old person
- (figurative) experienced
- (literary) to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
- (of cooked food) overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
- (of food or potable liquids) stale; not fresh
- always; all the time
- (chiefly dialectal) very; quite
- (euphemistic, of an elderly person) to die; to pass away (usually with 了 (le) or 掉 (diào))
- (endearing, respectful) Used before surnames to refer to heads or elder members of families.
- (usually respectful and endearing) Used by analogy in several other relationship terms.
- (originally honorific) Prefix for animals or people considered senior, fierce, and often awe-inspiring.
- (colloquial) Used before names of ethnicities, places and countries, to form demonyms.
- (Cantonese, colloquial) Prefix in nouns or verbs with negative impressions or connotations.
- (Cantonese, colloquial) Prefix attached to names of places or organizations to express familiarity.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 老子 (Lǎozǐ, “Laozi; Lao Tzu”)
- (Mainland China, Hong Kong) short for 老撾／老挝 (Lǎowō, “Laos”)
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