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老人

老人 (lǎo rén): Old man or woman (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

老人 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyinlǎo rén

Meaningold man or woman

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 3

SyntaxNoun

Word老人

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 老人.

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīHSK 1
老家lǎo jiāHSK 4
老年lǎo niánHSK 4
老是lǎo shiHSK 4
老虎lǎo hǔHSK 4
古老gǔ lǎoHSK 5
老公lǎo gōngHSK 5
老婆lǎo poHSK 5

Words with 人

家人jiā rénHSK 1
别人bié renHSK 3
名人míng rénHSK 3
大人dà renHSK 3
女人nǚ rénHSK 3
客人kè rénHSK 3
爱人ài renHSK 3
男人

nán rén

HSK 3

3.

Example Sentences with 老人

tā他

zhǔ主

dòng动

gěi给

lǎo老

rén人

ràng让

zuò座

。

He voluntarily gave up his seat to the elderly.

Nà那

wèi位

lǎo老

rén人

měi每

tiān天

zài在

gōng公

yuán园

lǎo老

rén人

cháng常

zài在

gōng公

yuán园

suàn算

guà卦

。

lǎo老

rén人

de的

xíng行

wéi为

yǒu有

xiē些

fēng疯

diān癫

lǎo老

rén人

liǎn脸

shàng上

xiě写

mǎn满

le了

cāng沧

sāng桑

tā他

chān搀

fú扶

zhe着

lǎo老

rén人

guò过

mǎ马

lù路

tā他

cè侧

shēn身

ràng让

lǎo老

rén人

xiān先

guò过

qù去

lǎo老

rén人

zài在

jiē街

tóu头

qǐ乞

tǎo讨

wéi为

shēng生

lǎo老

rén人

zhǔ拄

gùn棍

zi子

pá爬

shān山

duàn锻

liàn炼

lǎo老

rén人

dú独

zì自

shēng生

huó活

zài在

gū孤

jì寂

lǐ

里

sàn散

bù步

。

That old person takes a walk in the park every day.

The old man often tells fortunes in the park.

。

The old man's behavior is somewhat crazy.

。

The old man's face is full of vicissitudes.

。

He helped the elderly person cross the road

。

He turned sideways to let the elderly pass first

。

The old man begs on the street for a living

。

The old man climbs mountains with a stick for exercise

zhōng

中

。

The old man lives alone in solitude.