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老人

lǎo rén
HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. the elderly
  2. 2. one's aged parents or grandparents

Example Sentences

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老人 怕冷，年輕人怕熱。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13235753)
這位 老人 死於飢餓。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 871042)
聖誕 老人 住在北極。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3716040)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 老人

百岁老人
bǎi suì lǎo rén

centenarian

月下老人
yuè xià lǎo rén

minor divinity concerned with marriage

圣诞老人
shèng dàn lǎo rén

Father Christmas; Santa Claus

老人院
lǎo rén yuàn

nursing home

七旬老人
qī xún lǎo rén

septuagenarian

九旬老人
jiǔ xún lǎo rén

nonagenarian

不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

木讷老人
mù nè lǎo rén

ungraduated ruler

Child Words of 老人

人
rén

person; people

老
lǎo

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