老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old 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 衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 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 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 世世 shì shì from age to age 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) syn 适龄 適齡 shì líng of age / of the appropriate age syn 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 高寿 高壽 gāo shòu longevity / venerable age / your venerable age? syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor 养老保险 養老保險 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn old-age insurance 白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head / old age syn 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 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 暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn 秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 垂老 chuí lǎo approaching old age 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn 宝刀未老 寶刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo treasure knife does not age (idiom) / old but still vigorous 旧 舊 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) syn 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 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary 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 垂暮之年 chuí mù zhī nián old age syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 危境 wēi jìng dangerous situation / venerable old age syn 积年 積年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age syn 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 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 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 年纪 年紀 nián jì age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 森林 sēn lín forest / CL:片[pian4] syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 树林 樹林 shù lín woods / grove / forest syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) 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 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age 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 同龄人 同齡人 tóng líng rén peer / one's contemporary / person of the same age syn 同龄 同齡 tóng líng of the same age syn 热带雨林 熱帶雨林 rè dài yǔ lín tropical rain forest 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 年龄段 年齡段 nián líng duàn age group 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 现年 現年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age syn 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn 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 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 早衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely / premature senescence syn 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 春秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 学龄 學齡 xué líng school age 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 