字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 陈年 陳年 chén nián (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old / longstanding syn 年老 nián lǎo aged syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 年迈 年邁 nián mài old / aged syn 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents syn 苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn 转氨酶 轉氨酶 zhuǎn ān méi transferase (enzyme) 老迈 老邁 lǎo mài aged / senile syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 中青年 zhōng qīng nián middle-aged 酵素 jiào sù enzyme 尊老 zūn lǎo respect the aged syn 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 脱氢酶 脫氫酶 tuō qīng méi dehydrogenase (enzyme) 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 酶 méi enzyme / ferment 衰朽 shuāi xiǔ decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling syn 耄 mào extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian 耋 dié aged / in one's eighties 消化酶 xiāo huà méi digestive enzyme 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪 lǎo jì fú lì lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations syn 徐娘半老 xú niáng bàn lǎo middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 养老送终 養老送終 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die 中女 zhōng nǚ middle-aged woman / (media term) middle-aged women regarded as a distinct social cohort 黄酶 黃酶 huáng méi yellow enzyme 中毒酶 zhōng dú méi inhibited enzyme 亮菌甲素 liàng jūn jiǎ sù armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic) 抑制酶 yì zhì méi inhibiting enzyme 氢酶 氫酶 qīng méi hydrogenase (enzyme) 聚合酶 jù hé méi polymerase (enzyme) 胆碱酯酶 膽鹼酯酶 dǎn jiǎn zhǐ méi choline esterase (ChE), hydrolyzing enzyme in blood plasma 触酶 觸酶 chù méi catalase (enzyme) 转氨基酶 轉氨基酶 zhuǎn ān jī méi amino transferase (enzyme) 过氧化氢酶 過氧化氫酶 guò yǎng huà qīng méi catalase (enzyme) / hydrogen peroxidase 酯酶 zhǐ méi esterase, enzyme that breaks up esters by hydrolysis 酿酶 釀酶 niàng méi zymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation) 限制酶 xiàn zhì méi restriction enzyme 血清检验 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 限制性内切酶 restriction enzyme 酶类固醇 méi lèi gù chún enzyme steroid 失活 shī huó (of an enzyme, microorganism, catalyst etc) to lose biological or chemical activity / to become inactivated 年尊 nián zūn aged and respected / senior 怪叔叔 guài shū shu queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang) 敬老席 jìng lǎo xí priority seating for the aged (on buses etc) 老吾老，以及人之老 lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo to honor old people as we do our own aged parents 老太公 lǎo tài gōng aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) syn 老耄 lǎo mào dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile 老马嘶风 老馬嘶風 lǎo mǎ sī fēng old horse sniffs the wind (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations 老骥 老驥 lǎo jì old thoroughbred / fig. aged person with great aspirations 老骥嘶风 老驥嘶風 lǎo jì sī fēng old steed sniffs the wind (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations 护老者 護老者 hù lǎo zhě carer of elderly persons / aged care worker 高年 gāo nián old / aged 同龄林 tòng líng lín even-aged forest 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own 妈妈桑 媽媽桑 mā ma sāng mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese) / madam 衰迈 衰邁 shuāi mài aged / decrepit 老腊肉 老臘肉 lǎo là ròu (coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man 艾老 ài lǎo (literary) person aged over fifty / elderly person 早早班 zǎo zǎo bān preschool group for kids aged three or less / (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak 广场舞 廣場舞 guǎng chǎng wǔ square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China 