老头儿

Character by character

• 老lǎo6 strokesHSK 1old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
• 头tóu5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 頭head; top; chief, first; boss
• 儿ér2 strokesHSK 1 traditional 兒son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 老头儿. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

• 头tóuHSK 2

  head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock

• 儿子ér ziHSK 1

  son

• 老师lǎo shīHSK 1

  teacher

• 女儿nǚ érHSK 1

  daughter

• 老板lǎo bǎnHSK 3

  boss; business proprietor

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 老婆lǎo póHSK 4

  (coll.) wife

• 儿童ér tóngHSK 4

  child

• 一会儿yī huì rHSK 1

  a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r]

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 老人lǎo rénHSK 1

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

• 这儿zhè rHSK 1

  here

• 哪儿nǎ rHSK 1

  where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

• 镜头jìng tóuHSK 4

  camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene

• 回头huí tóuHSK 5

  to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

• 婴儿yīng érHSK 7

  infant; baby; lead (Pb)

• 石头shí touHSK 3

  stone

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang

• 那儿nà rHSK 1

  there

• 头部tóu bùHSK 7

  head

• 老鼠lǎo shǔ

  rat; mouse

• 街头jiē tóuHSK 6

  street

• 码头mǎ tóuHSK 5

  dock; pier; wharf