老人
lǎo rén 3–2
old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- Characters
- 2
- 老 · 人
- Syllables
- 2
- lǎo rén
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,395
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 老lǎo6 strokesHSK 1old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
- 人rén2 strokesHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 老人. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 人rénHSK 1
person; people
- 老lǎoHSK 1
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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 女人nǚ rénHSK 1
woman
- 别人bié renHSK 1
other people; others; other person
- 男人nán rénHSK 1
a man; a male; men
- 有人yǒu rénHSK 2
someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 人们rén menHSK 2
people
- 个人gè rénHSK 3
individual; personal; oneself
- 人员rén yuánHSK 3
staff; crew; personnel
- 老师lǎo shīHSK 1
teacher
- 人生rén shēngHSK 3
life (one's time on earth)
- 人民rén mínHSK 3
the people
- 人类rén lèiHSK 3
humanity; human race; mankind
- 老板lǎo bǎnHSK 3
boss; business proprietor
- 病人bìng rénHSK 1
sick person; patient; invalid
- 人物rén wùHSK 5
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)
- 家人jiā rénHSK 1
family member; (old) servant
- 老婆lǎo póHSK 4
(coll.) wife
- 敌人dí rénHSK 4
enemy
- 人家rén jiāHSK 4
household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be
- 人士rén shìHSK 5
person; figure; public figure
- 夫人fū renHSK 4
lady; madam; Mrs.
- 老公lǎo gongHSK 4
(coll.) eunuch; see also 公
- 大人dà renHSK 2
adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors