老公

lǎo gōng

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Common

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lǎo gōng Noun (coll.) husband; husband (familiar)

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

Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Counterparts

1 item

(coll.) wife

commonly paired opposite for 'husband'

Register variants

3 items

teacher

more formal term for 'husband'

spouse (PRC)

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

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

lǎo gōng gong

husband's father

Child Words of 老公

public

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