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- 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- outdated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 etc) tough
- old, well-known brand
- old style; old school
- an old hand; experienced veteran
- venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
Trad. 老總
- boss
- sir (person with a leading role in an organization)
- (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA
- (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official
- (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
Trad. 老臉
- self-respect of old person
- face
- thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism)
- brazen
Trad. 老莊
- Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
- "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
Trad. 老賬
- lit. old account
- old debt
- fig. old scores to settle
- old quarrels
- old grudge
Trad. 養老
- to provide for the elderly (family members)
- to enjoy a life in retirement
- elder brother (often used self-referentially)
- (form of address between male friends) old chap
- buddy
- old soldier; veteran
- veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
- (of a person, population or material) to age
- (of knowledge) to become outdated
- old friend
- sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
- old age
- very
- eldest child in a family
- leader of a group
- boss
- captain of a boat
- leader of a criminal gang
- (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
- my old mother
- I, this old woman
- my old lady (colloquial)
- maternal grandmother
- midwife
- Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
- the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi
- father
- daddy
- "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)
- I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Trad. 老將
- lit. old general
- commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
- fig. old-timer
- veteran
Trad. 老幾
- where in the order of seniority among siblings?
- (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
- (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
- old pal
Trad. 老態
- old and frail
- decrepit
- doddering
- decrepitude
- infirmities of old age
- capital
- assets
- savings
- nest egg
- (fig.) reputation
- laurels (to rest upon)
- old edition of a book
- (tree) trunk
- decrepit and behind the times; old; useless
- (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
- a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
Trad. 老爺子
- my (your etc) old father
- polite appellation for an elderly male
Trad. 老爺嶺
- Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
Trad. 老爺爺
- (coll.) father's father's father
- paternal great-grandfather
Trad. 老皇曆
- (lit.) past years' almanac
- (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle
Trad. 老臘肉
- (coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man
- stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
- tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
- tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
Trad. 翻老賬
- to turn over old accounts
- fig. to revive old quarrels
- to reopen old wounds
Trad. 算老幾
- just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)