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老人

lǎo rén

HSK 1 · word 205 of 3,000

Meaning

• old man or woman
• the elderly
• one's aged parents or grandparents

Example sentence

Characters in 老人

• 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
• 人 rén person; people

Learned around the same time

• 口 kǒu mouth
• 块 kuài lump; chunk; piece
• 快 kuài rapid
• 来 lái to come
• 来到 lái dào to arrive; to come
• 老师 lǎo shī teacher
• 了 le (completed action marker)
• 累 lèi tired
• 冷 lěng cold
• 里 lǐ lining
• 里边 lǐ bian inside

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