老头儿
Meaning
- old man (informal)
Example sentence
那个老头儿很和气。
That old man is very kind.
Characters in 老头儿
- 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
- 头 tóu head
- 儿 ér child; the -r ending added to nouns in northern speech
老 old plus 头, a head, with the -r suffix. An old man — familiar, and can be rude depending on tone.