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 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young 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 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding 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 old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn 岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years syn 百年 bǎi nián hundred years / century / lifetime 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 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn 常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn 近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn 侏罗纪 侏羅紀 zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) 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 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 豆蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 白垩纪 白堊紀 bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 老当益壮 老當益壯 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years 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 壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) syn 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 历年 歷年 lì nián over the years / bygone years syn 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) syn 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 纪年 紀年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle 大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) 超龄 超齡 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) syn 三年 sān nián three years 经年累月 經年累月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years 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 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 四年 sì nián four years 多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn 近几年 近幾年 jìn jǐ nián in recent years 几十年 幾十年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades 年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 十五年 shí wǔ nián fifteen years 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago 清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 四年前 sì nián qián four years previously 十一年 shí yī nián eleven years 十九岁 十九歲 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old 初年 chū nián early years 芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth 昔年 xī nián former years / previous years 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 经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 全国代表大会 全國代表大會 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 英年 yīng nián the prime of one's life / youthful years 八旬 bā xún eighty years 终老 終老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) 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 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 古稀 gǔ xī seventy years old 有年 yǒu nián for years syn 故知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 二十六岁 二十六歲 èr shí liù suì 26 years old 暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn 教龄 教齡 jiào líng years of teaching experience / teaching experience 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 