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老人

lǎo rén

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

老人 (lǎo rén) means "old person; the elderly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 老人 means

1. old man or woman
2. the elderly
3. one's aged parents or grandparents

The characters in 老人

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 善待老人。
  Be kind to old people.
• 老人独自生活。
  The old man lived by himself.
• 老人坐了下来。
  The old man sat down.
• 这个老人是谁？
  Who is this old person?
• 老人被店员骗了。
  Lǎorén bèi diànyuán piàn le.
  Old people were tricked by the shop assistant.
• 不要捉弄老人家。
  Bù yào zhuōnòng lǎorénjiā.
  Don't make fun of old people.

Words starting with 老人

• 老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
• 老人院lǎo rén yuànnursing home; old people's home

Words containing 老人

• 圣诞老人Shèng dàn Lǎo rénFather Christmas; Santa Claus
• 月下老人yuè xià lǎo rénminor divinity concerned with marriage; matchmaker; go-between
• 木讷老人mù nè lǎo rénungraduated ruler; straight edge
• 百岁老人bǎi suì lǎo réncentenarian
• 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

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