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老太太

lǎo tài tai

HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word Measure word 位

老太太 (lǎo tài tai) means "elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 老太太 means

1. elderly lady (respectful)
2. esteemed mother

The characters in 老太太

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)

Example sentences

• 老太太皱着眉头。
  Lǎotàitai zhòu zhe méitóu.
  The old woman knitted her brows.
• 她让座给一位老太太。
  Tā ràngzuò gěi yī wèi lǎotàitai.
  She made room for an old lady.

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