者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 优雅 優雅 yōu yǎ grace / graceful syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn 优美 優美 yōu měi graceful / fine / elegant syn 苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 风采 風采 fēng cǎi svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing syn 轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 飘逸 飄逸 piāo yì graceful / elegant / to drift / to float syn 轻盈 輕盈 qīng yíng graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 翩翩 piān piān elegant / graceful / smart / to dance lightly syn 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 雍容 yōng róng natural / graceful / and poised syn 秀美 xiù měi elegant / graceful syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 婀娜 ē nuó (of a woman's bearing) graceful / elegant / lithe syn 秀气 秀氣 xiù qi delicate / graceful syn 清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful / elegant / charming / beautiful syn 绰约 綽約 chuò yuē (literary) graceful / charming syn 飘洒 飄灑 piāo sǎ suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy) syn 娟秀 juān xiù beautiful / graceful syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 惊鸿 驚鴻 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe 婉约 婉約 wǎn yuē graceful and subdued (style) syn 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 俊雅 jùn yǎ (literary) elegant / graceful / refined syn 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 娴雅 嫻雅 xián yǎ refined / graceful / elegant / serene syn 旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth 闲雅 閑雅 xián yǎ elegant / graceful syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 岂 豈 kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默 娟 juān beautiful / graceful syn 牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 曼妙 màn miào (literary) graceful syn 廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn 叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn 卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn 绰 綽 chuò (bound form) ample / spacious / (literary) graceful / used in 綽號|绰号[chuo4hao4] and 綽名|绰名[chuo4ming2] syn 嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full 婉 wǎn graceful / tactful syn 牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn 哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn 老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn 娜 nuó elegant / graceful 奕 yì abundant / graceful 婷 tíng graceful syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 婀 ē graceful / willowy / unstable 窕 tiǎo quiet and secluded / gentle, graceful, and elegant 邕 yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1] 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 娉 pīng graceful 娆 嬈 ráo graceful 胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old) 锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) 那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 话 諙 huà old variant of 話|话[hua4] syn 两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn 年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 女 rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3] syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 往 wǎng old variant of 往[wang3] syn 法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 