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老公

lǎo gōng
个 gè
HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Common

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老公
lǎo gōng Noun (coll.) husband; husband (familiar)
老公
lǎo gong (coll.) eunuch; see also 老公[lǎo gōng]

Definitions

  1. 1. (coll.) husband
  2. 2. husband (familiar)

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Word relationships

Counterparts

1 item
老婆
lǎo pó

(coll.) wife

commonly paired opposite for 'husband'

Register variants

3 items
先生
xiān sheng

teacher

more formal term for 'husband'
爱人
ài ren

spouse (PRC)

can mean 'spouse' (husband or wife), somewhat formal
丈夫
zhàng fu

husband

formal standard term for 'husband'

Usage notes

Collocations

Used with 的 before a name, e.g. 我的老公, but often just as a term of address without possessive.

Common mistakes

老公 is informal; avoid in formal contexts like official documents, where 丈夫 is preferred.

Example Sentences

3 shown
我 老公 很喜欢做饭。
My husband really likes cooking.
我 老公 沒用。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10588692)
我應該告訴我 老公 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13115806)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 老公

老公公
lǎo gōng gong

husband's father

Child Words of 老公

公
gōng

public

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