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老 ǎo Pref Affix Preceding Surname Person Numeral

Rank 4912
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese [老]
Pinyin //ǎo/
HSK Level (1)
Part-of-Speech pref
Definition [use as an affix preceding or following the surname of a person or a numeral to indicate affection or familiarity, or to indicate the order of birth of the children in a family]
Simplified Chinese Example 我是来看老李的。
English Translation I came to see Lao Li.
Freq 81 | 0.56 | 45

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