老
大

Old age in Chinese: 老大 (lǎo dà)

lǎo dà

old age

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Definitions

  1. 1old age
  2. 2very
  3. 3eldest child in a family
  4. 4leader of a group
  5. 5boss
  6. 6captain of a boat
  7. 7leader of a criminal gang

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老
大

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄠˇ

lǎo

ㄌ/ lㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 老大 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他是家里的老大，很照顾弟弟妹妹。

    tā shì jiā lǐ de lǎo dà， hěn zhào gù dì di mèi mei。

    He's the eldest child in the family and takes good care of his younger siblings.

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Related words

大

dà

big

老

lǎo

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

老师

lǎo shī

teacher

大家

dà jiā

everyone

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

老虎

lǎo hǔ

tiger

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

大型

dà xíng

large

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