老
lǎo
old, aged, experienced
Represents age, experience, and seniority. Used for elderly people, experienced individuals, and as a respectful prefix.
Compound Words
📊 Total Compounds: 12 Click column headers to sort
| Visual Explanation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 老人 | lǎorén | elderly person, old person persona mayor / anciano | old + person = aged individual |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher profesor / maestro | old + master = experienced instructor |
| 老板 | lǎobǎn | boss, owner jefe / dueño | old + board = senior authority |
| 老实 | lǎoshi | honest, simple honesto / sincero | old + real = genuine nature |
| 老家 | lǎojiā | hometown, ancestral home pueblo natal / casa ancestral | old + home = family origins |
| 老鼠 | lǎoshǔ | mouse, rat ratón / rata | old + mouse = mature rodent |
| 老虎 | lǎohǔ | tiger tigre | old + tiger = mature tiger |
| 老婆 | lǎopo | wife (informal) esposa (informal) | old + woman = life partner |
| 老外 | lǎowài | foreigner (informal) extranjero (informal) | old + foreign = foreign person |
| 老是 | lǎoshì | always, constantly siempre / constantemente | old + be = persistently existing |
| 老百姓 | lǎobǎixìng | common people gente común / pueblo | old + hundred + surname = ordinary citizens |
| 老年 | lǎonián | old age, elderly vejez / tercera edad | old + year = advanced years |
老人 lǎorén
English: elderly person, old person
Español: persona mayor / anciano
💡 old + person = aged individual
老师 lǎoshī
English: teacher
Español: profesor / maestro
💡 old + master = experienced instructor
老板 lǎobǎn
English: boss, owner
Español: jefe / dueño
💡 old + board = senior authority
老实 lǎoshi
English: honest, simple
Español: honesto / sincero
💡 old + real = genuine nature
老家 lǎojiā
English: hometown, ancestral home
Español: pueblo natal / casa ancestral
💡 old + home = family origins
老鼠 lǎoshǔ
English: mouse, rat
Español: ratón / rata
💡 old + mouse = mature rodent
老虎 lǎohǔ
English: tiger
Español: tigre
💡 old + tiger = mature tiger
老婆 lǎopo
English: wife (informal)
Español: esposa (informal)
💡 old + woman = life partner
老外 lǎowài
English: foreigner (informal)
Español: extranjero (informal)
💡 old + foreign = foreign person
老是 lǎoshì
English: always, constantly
Español: siempre / constantemente
💡 old + be = persistently existing
老百姓 lǎobǎixìng
English: common people
Español: gente común / pueblo
💡 old + hundred + surname = ordinary citizens
老年 lǎonián
English: old age, elderly
Español: vejez / tercera edad
💡 old + year = advanced years