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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom) 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 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people 普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 亲民 親民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs 人丁 rén dīng number of people in a family / population / (old) adult males / male servants syn 八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn 杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 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 故 gù happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 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 政通人和 zhèng tōng rén hé efficient government, people at peace (idiom) / all is well with the state and the people syn 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people 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 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 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 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route 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 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) 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 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 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 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 旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 人 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 有人 yǒu rén someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom) 人们 人們 rén men people syn 进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 组 組 zǔ to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 人民 rén mín the people / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself 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 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 他人 tā rén another person / sb else / other people syn 人口 rén kǒu population / people syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn 人数 人數 rén shù number of people syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn 体贴 體貼 tǐ tiē considerate (of other people's needs) syn 穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn 榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn 人心 rén xīn popular feeling / the will of the people syn 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn 国民 國民 guó mín nationals / citizens / people of a nation syn 惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers 管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business syn 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 专利 專利 zhuān lì patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 造就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) syn 