老 lǎo
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lǎo
adjective
old; aged; elderly; aging
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 老馬識途 'an old horse knows the road', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 1; DCP 'L50'; Kroll 2015 '老' 1; Unihan '老') -
lǎo
noun
Kangxi radical 125
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
lǎo
prefix
indicates seniority or age
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this use, 老 is a prefix used with a person's surname to indicate seniority or with numbers to indicate order or birth amongst brothers and sisters in a familar. For example, 老大 'eldest child' (ABC 'lǎo' 老 prefix 1; Kroll 2015 '老' 1a; Norman 1988, p. 113; Sun 2006, loc. 691). -
lǎo
adjective
vegetables that have become old and tough
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 4) -
lǎo
adverb
always
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Note that in this sense 老 is used before the verb it modifies (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 2; Sun 2006, loc. 2053) -
lǎo
adverb
very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 1) -
lǎo
adjective
experienced
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '老') -
lǎo
bound form
humble self-reference
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Bound with 老身 'oldy' (Kroll 2015 '老' 1b) -
lǎo
adjective
of long standing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 2) -
lǎo
adjective
dark
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
Notes: Of colors (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 5) -
lǎo
adjective
outdated
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 3) -
lǎo
noun
old people; the elderly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 n 1) -
lǎo
noun
parents
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 n 2) -
lǎo
prefix
indicates familiarity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this use, 老 is a diminutive venacular form used with a person's surname to indicate familiarity. For example, Lao Wang 老王, for somebody whose surname is Wang (ABC 'lǎo' 老 prefix 2; Kroll 2015 '老' 1a; Norman 1988, p. 113; Sun 2006, loc. 691). -
lǎo
adverb
for a long time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 3) -
lǎo
adjective
old; jarā
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jarā; Japanese: rou, Tibetan: rga ba (BCSD '老', p. 952; Mahāvyutpatti 'jarā'; MW 'jarā'; Lusthaus 2002, p. 544; SH '老', p. 218; Unihan '老')
Contained in
- 老死支 the link of old age and death
- 赵朴老(趙樸老) Zhao Pulao; Zhao Puchu
- 青山明月不见老 茅舍白云任去来(青山明月不見老 茅舍白雲任去來) Bright moon and green mountains: never age; White clouds and a thatched hut: come and go freely.
- 生灭则老死忧悲苦恼灭(生滅則老死憂悲苦惱滅) from the suppression of existence results that of birth
- 老死 old age and death ; old age and death; jaramarana
- 佛说贫穷老公经(佛說貧窮老公經) Fo Shuo Pinqiong Lao Gong Jing ; Fo Shuo Pinqiong Lao Gong Jing
- 现老比丘相(現老比丘相) the appearance of an old monk
- 不老死有生 there would be birth without old age and death
- 生老苦 birth is stressful, aging is stressful
- 青山不老 细水长流(青山不老 細水長流) Timeless Mountain, Everflowing River
- 老二哲学(老二哲學) The Philosophy of Being Second
- 老苦 Old Age; suffering due to old age
Also contained in
半老徐娘 、 东城老父传 、 养儿防老 、 秋老虎 、 老马嘶风 、 老是 、 老鸟 、 古老 、 老虎 、 老佛爷 、 活到老,学到老 、 木讷老人 、 服老 、 老神在在 、 元老 、 敬老 、 大老婆 、 老套 、 老生常谈 、 老伯伯 、 老手 、 老虎灶 、 老到 、 哥老会 、 佛老 、 翻老皇历 、 老鼠过街,人人喊打 、 回老家 、 老子 、 老大哥 、 老挝语 、 老脸 、 老赖 、 张果老 、 艾老 、 野老 、 老客 、 老古板 、 赤老
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 72
- Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 41
- Scroll 12 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 38 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 20 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 34
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 33
- Scroll 6 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 33 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Catuḥsatyaśāstra (Si Di Lun) 四諦論 — count: 32
- Scroll 8 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 32 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apidamo Fa Zhi Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨發智論 — count: 29
- Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 29
Collocations
- 老法 (老法) 我今具有如是老法 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 4 — count: 19
- 尊长老 (尊長老) 上尊長老比丘 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 19
- 缘老 (緣老) 生緣老 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 11
- 老比丘 (老比丘) 天取老比丘 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
- 缘生老 (緣生老) 緣生老 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
- 老朽 (老朽) 又復云何名知老朽 — Hu Guo Jing 護國經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 谓老 (謂老) 是謂老衰 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 6
- 老时 (老時) 謂眾生老時 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 6
- 离老 (離老) 十八自念我今未離老相 — Guangyi Famen Jing (Arthavighuṣṭasūtra) 廣義法門經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 老地 (老地) 一名老地 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 5