老人

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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough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