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老

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老

  • lǎo (lao³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄠˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • nao³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • ло (lo, II) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • lou⁵ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • lau² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • lau³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • lau¹ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • ló Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • lau³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • lau² Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • sē Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • la̿u Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • lo̤̿ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • lǎu Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • lâu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • lō̤ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • lāu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lǎu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • láu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • làu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lǎ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ló Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ló͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • nó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lao⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • lao² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶lau Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • ³lau Wu, Northern, Wugniu

釋義

  1. 年歲大，與“幼”或“少”相對。
  2. 熟練。例：經驗老到。
  3. 熟悉。例：老友。
  4. 用於族、地區和國家的名稱之前，表示該族、國或地區的人。如老美 (lǎoměi)。
  5. （食物或飲用的液體）不新鮮 牛排太老了，我咬不動它。
  6. 總是 你別老這樣！

In English

  • old of a living being: having lived for relatively many years
  • ancient having lasted from a remote period
  • elderly old

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"老." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%81. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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老. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%81

Chicago

"老." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%81.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {老},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}