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古老

古老 (gǔ lǎo): Ancient (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

古老 consists of 2 characters.

ancient, old, archaic

Word Info

Pinyingǔ lǎo

Meaningancient

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxAdjective

Word古老

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 古老.

Words with 古

古代gǔ dàiHSK 5
古典gǔ diǎnHSK 5
名胜古迹míng shèng gǔ jìHSK 5
古人gǔ rénHSK 6
古怪gǔ guàiHSK 6
古董gǔ dǒngHSK 6
古迹gǔ jìHSK 6
考古kǎo gǔHSK 6

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīHSK 1
老人lǎo rénHSK 3
老家lǎo jiāHSK 4
老年lǎo niánHSK 4
老是lǎo shiHSK 4
老虎lǎo hǔHSK 4
老公lǎo gōngHSK 5
老婆

lǎo po

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 古老

zhè这

shì是

yí一

zuò座

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

jiàn建

zhù筑

。

This is an ancient building

zhè这

zuò座

chéng城

shì市

yǒu有

xǔ许

duō多

gǔ古

lǎo老

suì隧

dòng洞

lǐ里

yǒu有

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

bì壁

huà画

tā她

dī低

yín吟

zhe着

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

gē歌

yáo谣

shén神

fù父

zhèng正

zài在

sòng诵

dú读

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

zhè这

shǒu首

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

gē歌

yáo谣

dài代

dài代

sì寺

miào庙

lǐ里

yǒu有

yí一

zuò座

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

chuán传

shuō说

shān山

dòng洞

lǐ里

cáng藏

zhe着

gǔ古

lǎo老

zhè这

zuò座

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

gǒng拱

qiáo桥

héng横

kuà跨

zhè这

ge个

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

cūn村

zhài寨

bǎo保

cún存

de

的

jiàn建

zhú筑

。

This city has many ancient buildings.

。

There are ancient murals in the tunnel cave.

。

She hums ancient ballads softly.

dǎo

祷

wén文

。

The priest is reciting an ancient prayer text.

xiāng

相

chuán传

。

This ancient folk song has been passed down through generations

jì

祭

tán坛

。

There is an ancient altar in the temple

de

的

bǎo宝

zàng藏

。

Legend says there is ancient treasure hidden in the cave.

zài

在

hé河

shàng上

。

This ancient arch bridge spans across the river.

dé

得

hěn很

hǎo好

。

This ancient walled village is well preserved