"older" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大 dà adj. big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
先 xiān adv. beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
姐姐 jiě jie n. older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
哥哥 gē ge n. older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 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
师傅 師傅 shī fu n. master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn
大爷 大爺 dà ye n. (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi n. one's elders / older generation syn
嫂子 sǎo zi n. (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn
慈祥 cí xiáng adj. kindly / benevolent (often of older person) syn
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn v. filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn
姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man
表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line
表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line
前辈 前輩 qián bèi n. senior / older generation / precursor syn
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn
姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn
姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5]
师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn
长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn
大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn
伯父 bó fù n. father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn
表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line
老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn
学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate
老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn
大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn
先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn
嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn
太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn
援交 yuán jiāo Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors / abbr. for 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4]
大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn
表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line
长幼 長幼 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority
老妈子 老媽子 lǎo mā zi older female servant / amah syn
姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn
大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant
老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn
世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend
六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn
大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn
姐 jiě older sister syn
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn
姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin
堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin
大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn
欧巴桑 歐巴桑 ōu ba sāng older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword)
姉 jiě older sister / Japanese variant of 姐 / older sister
痴长 痴長 chī zhǎng to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by
姜还是老的辣 薑還是老的辣 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
姜是老的辣 薑是老的辣 jiāng shì lǎo de là ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser / see 薑還是老的辣|姜还是老的辣[jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de5 la4]
小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner
上焌下报 上焌下報 shàng zhēng xià bào (idiom) Sexual relations between a younger-generation man and an older-generation woman, or between an older-generation man and a younger-generation woman.
襟兄 jīn xiōng husband of wife's older sister
内兄 內兄 nèi xiōng wife's older brother syn
长姊 長姊 zhǎng zǐ older sister
姊丈 zǐ zhàng older sister's husband
令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
娭 āi father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady / see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother
娭姐 āi jiě father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
年兄 nián xiōng lit. older brother / fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
援助交际 援助交際 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
欧吉桑 歐吉桑 ōu jí sāng older man / man of mature years (Japanese loanword)
砚兄砚弟 硯兄硯弟 yàn xiōng yàn dì lit. older scholar and younger scholar / close friends (idiom)
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
世界老年人生活安排 Living Arrangements of Older Persons around the World
老年男性 lǎo nián nán xìng older men
大龄青年 大齡青年 dà líng qīng nián young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried
筹备国际老年人年欧洲专家会议 Conference of European Experts Preparing for the International Year of Older Persons
国际老年人日 國際老年人日 guó jì lǎo nián rén rì International Day of Older Persons
关于老有所能成功做法的国家间交流方桉 關於老有所能成功做法的國家間交流方案 Intercountry exchange programme on successful practices in empowering older persons
国际老年人年 國際老年人年 International Year of Older Persons
老年女性 elderly women / older women
老年妇女 老年婦女 elderly women / older women
国际老年人年协商小组 國際老年人年協商小組 Consultative Group for the International Year of Older Persons
欧洲老年人和各代间团结年 歐洲老年人和各代間團結年 European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations
1999年国际老年人年的行动框架 1999年國際老年人年的行動框架 Operational Framework for the International Year of Older Persons, 1999
全球中老年妇女网络 全球中老年婦女網絡 Global Link for MidLife and Older Women
姐丈 jiě zhàng older sister's husband / brother-in-law
孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister
家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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