老虎
lǎo hǔㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
Sino-Vietnamese: LÃO HỔ
Traditional: 老虎
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(noun)
tiger
老 here is just a prefix, not "old" (cf. 老鼠).
Measure words: 只
Examples
动物园里有两只老虎。
dòng wù yuán lǐ yǒu liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ.
There are two tigers at the zoo.
老虎是很危险的动物。
lǎo hǔ shì hěn wēi xiǎn de dòng wù.
Tigers are very dangerous animals.
我弟弟是属老虎的。
wǒ dì di shì shǔ lǎo hǔ de.
My younger brother was born in the Year of the Tiger.
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Stroke order
LÃO · 6 strokes
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);
HỔ · 8 strokes
tiger
Related words
- 老师 lǎo shī — teacher
- 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; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 老板 lǎo bǎn — variant of 老板
- 老鼠 lǎo shǔ — rat; mouse
- 老实 lǎo shi — honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- 古老 gǔ lǎo — ancient; old; age-old
- 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng — ordinary people; the "person in the street"
- 衰老 shuāi lǎo — to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak