老 in English lao3 Meaning

Meanings

• prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• old (of people)
• venerable (person)
• experienced
• of long standing
• always
• all the time
• of the past
• very
• outdated
• (of meat and so on) tough

Pinyin

lao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity