老 lǎo

1. lǎo adjective old; aged; elderly; aging
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 老馬識途 'an old horse knows the road', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 1; DCP 'L50'; Kroll 2015 '老' 1; Unihan '老')
2. lǎo noun Kangxi radical 125
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. lǎo prefix indicates seniority or age
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this use, 老 is a prefix used with a person's surname to indicate seniority or with numbers to indicate order or birth amongst brothers and sisters in a familar. For example, 老大 'eldest child' (ABC 'lǎo' 老 prefix 1; Kroll 2015 '老' 1a; Norman 1988, p. 113; Sun 2006, loc. 691).
4. lǎo adjective vegetables that have become old and tough
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
   Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 4)
5. lǎo adverb always
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Note that in this sense 老 is used before the verb it modifies (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 2; Sun 2006, loc. 2053)
6. lǎo adverb very
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 1)
7. lǎo adjective experienced
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '老')
8. lǎo bound form humble self-reference
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Bound with 老身 'oldy' (Kroll 2015 '老' 1b)
9. lǎo adjective of long standing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 2)
10. lǎo adjective dark
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
    Notes: Of colors (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 5)
11. lǎo adjective outdated
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 sv 3)
12. lǎo noun old people; the elderly
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 n 1)
13. lǎo noun parents
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
    Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 n 2)
14. lǎo prefix indicates familiarity
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this use, 老 is a diminutive venacular form used with a person's surname to indicate familiarity. For example, Lao Wang 老王, for somebody whose surname is Wang (ABC 'lǎo' 老 prefix 2; Kroll 2015 '老' 1a; Norman 1988, p. 113; Sun 2006, loc. 691).
15. lǎo adverb for a long time
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (ABC 'lǎo' 老 adv 3)
16. lǎo adjective old; jarā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jarā; Japanese: rou, Tibetan: rga ba (BCSD '老', p. 952; Mahāvyutpatti 'jarā'; MW 'jarā'; Lusthaus 2002, p. 544; SH '老', p. 218; Unihan '老')

Contained in

• 老迦叶(老迦葉) Purāṇa Kāśyapa
• 佛说老女人经(佛說老女人經) Mahālalikāparipṛcchā; Fo Shuo Lao Nuren Jing
• 老人关怀(老人關懷) care for the elderly
• 生缘老死(生緣老死) from birth as a requisite condition, then aging and death
• 哈利达长老(哈利達長老) Hārita

Also contained in

未老先衰 、 生老病死 、 少年夫妻老来伴 、 老实头 、 老挝语 、 老框框 、 老花镜 、 老家伙 、 钻石王老五 、 老儿 、 老总 、 老者 、 老毛病 、 元老院 、 官老爷 、 老爷车 、 老吾老以及人之老 、 老蚌生珠 、 老少无欺 、 老婆孩子热炕头 、 土老帽 、 猫哭老鼠 、 法老 、 老资格 、 老官 、 老实说 、 大老粗 、 天老爷 、 老歌 、 老二 、 老大 、 终老 、 水老鸦 、 老趼 、 母老虎 、 老丈 、 老早 、 上有老下有小 、 老骥嘶风 、 波澜老成 、 老实 、 老街 、 尊老 、 老河口 、 托老所 、 白头到老

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 72
• Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 41
• Scroll 12 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 38 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 20 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 34
• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 33
• Scroll 6 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 33 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Catuḥsatyaśāstra (Si Di Lun) 四諦論 — count: 32
• Scroll 8 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 32 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Bian Wei Lu 辯偽錄 — count: 29
• Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 29

Collocations

• 老法 (老法) 我今具有如是老法 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 4 — count: 19
• 尊长老 (尊長老) 上尊長老比丘 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 19
• 缘老 (緣老) 生緣老 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 11
• 老比丘 (老比丘) 天取老比丘 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
• 谓老 (謂老) 是謂老衰 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 6
• 老时 (老時) 謂眾生老時 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 6
• 缘生老 (緣生老) 緣生老 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
• 老朽 (老朽) 又復云何名知老朽 — Hu Guo Jing 護國經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 名为老 (名為老) 是名為老 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 5
• 老衰 (老衰) 老衰 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 5