老大 lǎo dà — old age

Meanings

1. 1

   old age

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

   noun

Character breakdown

• 老

  lǎo (third tone, dipping)

  old, aged; long-established; (before a verb) always, forever doing something; a familiar or respectful prefix for people

  6 strokes⿸耂匕Radical 老
• 大

  dà (fourth tone, falling) dài (fourth tone, falling)

  big, large; (of age) old; greatly, very; (dài) only in 大夫 dàifu, a doctor

  3 strokesRadical 大

Words containing 老

• 老lǎo (third tone, dipping)old, aged (of people and animals)
• 老师/老師lǎoshī (third tone, dipping)teacher
• 老板lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎn (third tone, dipping)boss
• 老婆lǎo (third tone, dipping) pó (second tone, rising)(coll.) wife
• 老公lǎo (third tone, dipping) gōng (first tone, high and level)(coll.) husband
• 老人lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)old man or woman
• 老鼠lǎo (third tone, dipping) shǔ (third tone, dipping)rat
• 老实/老實lǎo (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising)honest
• 古老gǔ (third tone, dipping) lǎo (third tone, dipping)ancient
• 老虎lǎo (third tone, dipping) hǔ (third tone, dipping)tiger
• 老是lǎo (third tone, dipping) shi (neutral tone)always
• 老家lǎo (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level)native place
• 老太太lǎo (third tone, dipping) tài (fourth tone, falling) tai (neutral tone)elderly lady (respectful)
• 老朋友lǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)old friend
• 老百姓lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎi (third tone, dipping) xìng (fourth tone, falling)ordinary people
• 老年lǎo (third tone, dipping) nián (second tone, rising)elderly
• 老人家lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)polite term for old woman or man

Words containing 大

• 大dà (fourth tone, falling)big, large
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 大学/大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
• 大概dàgài (fourth tone, falling)probably, roughly, approximately
• 伟大/偉大wěi (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 长大/長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
• 巨大jù (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)huge
• 重大zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 大量dà (fourth tone, falling) liàng (fourth tone, falling)great amount
• 强大/強大qiáng (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling)large
• 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 大约/大約dà (fourth tone, falling) yuē (first tone, high and level)approximately
• 大人dà (fourth tone, falling) ren (neutral tone)adult
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 大赛/大賽dà (fourth tone, falling) sài (fourth tone, falling)grand contest
• 大型dà (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)large
• 大师/大師dà (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)great master