老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 中女 zhōng nǚ middle-aged woman / (media term) middle-aged women regarded as a distinct social cohort 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 再拜 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect) 跨国收养方面保护儿童及合作海牙公约 跨國收養方面保護兒童及合作海牙公約 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption / Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 跨国收养方面保护儿童及合作公约 跨國收養方面保護兒童及合作公約 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption / Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 年老 nián lǎo aged syn 苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful 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 中青年 zhōng qīng nián middle-aged 陈年 陳年 chén nián (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old / longstanding syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) 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 老迈 老邁 lǎo mài aged / senile syn 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 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 徐娘半老 xú niáng bàn lǎo middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 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 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 老化酶 lǎo huà méi aged enzyme 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 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 方面 fāng miàn respect / aspect / field / side / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 尊重 zūn zhòng to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper syn 遵守 zūn shǒu to comply with / to abide by / to respect (an agreement) syn 大人 dà ren adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors syn 为此 為此 wèi cǐ for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end syn 尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc) / should have (freedoms, rights etc) syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to syn 自尊 zì zūn self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride 自尊心 zì zūn xīn self-respect / self-esteem / ego 敬意 jìng yì respect / esteem / high regard syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 成才 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect syn 钦佩 欽佩 qīn pèi to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 信服 xìn fú to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect syn 抱拳 bào quán to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect) 敬重 jìng zhòng to respect deeply / to revere / to esteem syn 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen syn 太上 tài shàng title of respect for taoists 玩世不恭 wán shì bù gōng to trifle without respect (idiom) / to despise worldly conventions / frivolous syn 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for / to think highly of syn 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents syn 师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife syn 敬而远之 敬而遠之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance syn 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 敬老 jìng lǎo to respect the elderly syn 朝觐 朝覲 cháo jìn to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam) syn 思慕 sī mù to cherish the memory of sb / to think of with respect syn 成器 chéng qì to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect syn 拜望 bài wàng to call to pay one's respect / to call on syn 敬神 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful / to respect / to offer politely syn 戴 dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support syn 驾 駕 jià to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2]) syn 钦 欽 qīn to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself syn 轼 軾 shì (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot / to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect 翊 yì assist / ready to fly / respect 以礼相待 以禮相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài to treat sb with due respect (idiom) 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 尊贤使能 尊賢使能 zūn xián shǐ néng to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius) 敬老尊贤 敬老尊賢 jìng lǎo zūn xián to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) / to honor the great and the good 相敬如宾 相敬如賓 xiāng jìng rú bīn to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife syn 礼贤下士 禮賢下士 lǐ xián xià shì respect for the wise syn 举案齐眉 舉案齊眉 jǔ àn qí méi lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom) / mutual respect in a marriage syn 