老婆

Character by character

• 老lǎo6 strokesHSK 1old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
• 婆pó11 strokesHSK 4old woman; grandmother

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Example sentences

• 她是我老婆。

  T sh w l op

  She's my wife.

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• 他老婆很有才。

  Tā lǎo pó hěn yǒu cái

  His wife is quite a talented woman.

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• 我老婆是中国人。

  Wǒ lǎo pó shì Zhōng guó rén

  My wife is Chinese.

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• 我的老婆是中国人。

  Wǒ de lǎo pó shì Zhōng guó rén

  My wife is Chinese.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 老婆. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 老lǎoHSK 1

  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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

• 老师lǎo shīHSK 1

  teacher

• 老板lǎo bǎnHSK 3

  boss; business proprietor

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 老人lǎo rénHSK 1

  old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang

• 老鼠lǎo shǔ

  rat; mouse

• 老实lǎo shiHSK 4

  honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible

• 古老gǔ lǎoHSK 5

  ancient; old; age-old

• 老虎lǎo hǔ

  tiger

• 老是lǎo shiHSK 2

  always

• 外婆wài póHSK 7

  (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother

• 老家lǎo jiāHSK 4

  native place; place of origin; home state or region

• 老太太lǎo tài taiHSK 3

  elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother

• 老朋友lǎo péng youHSK 2

  old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngHSK 3

  ordinary people; the "person in the street"

• 老年lǎo niánHSK 2

  elderly; old age; autumn of one's years

• 老人家lǎo rén jiāHSK 7

  polite term for old woman or man

• 衰老shuāi lǎoHSK 7

  to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak

• 养老金yǎng lǎo jīnHSK 7

  pension

• 养老yǎng lǎoHSK 6

  to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement

• 老远lǎo yuǎnHSK 7

  very far away

• 老化lǎo huàHSK 7

  (of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated

• 老乡lǎo xiāngHSK 6

  fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown