老年 lǎo nián — elderly

Meanings

1. 1

   elderly

   elderly; old age; autumn of one's years

   time word

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
• 年

  nián (second tone, rising)

  year; age, years of a person’s life; the annual harvest (original sense)

  6 strokesRadical 干

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
• 老大lǎo (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)old age
• 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 年

• 年nián (second tone, rising)year
• 今年jīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)this year
• 年轻/年輕niánqīng (second tone, rising)young
• 去年qùnián (fourth tone, falling)last year
• 年代nián (second tone, rising) dài (fourth tone, falling)a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• 年龄/年齡nián (second tone, rising) líng (second tone, rising)(a person's) age
• 年级/年級niánjí (second tone, rising)year, grade (at school)
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 当年/當年dāng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)in those days
• 新年xīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)New Year
• 年纪/年紀nián (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)age
• 青年qīng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)youth
• 周年/週年zhōu (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)anniversary
• 年度nián (second tone, rising) dù (fourth tone, falling)year (e.g. school year
• 少年shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)early youth
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 童年tóng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)childhood