WordTaiwan frequency #14,029
敬老
ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄠˇ
“respecting the elderly; honoring senior citizens; showing reverence for older people”
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- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 老人ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊold person; the elderly; senior citizen; long-time member or veteran of a group or organization.
- 老闆ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇboss; business owner; proprietor of a company or shop
- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).
- 老公ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥhusband; eunuch (historical); old man (archaic)
- 老人家ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚpolite term for an elderly person; respectful way to refer to one's own or someone else's parents
- 老鼠ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇrat; mouse; a rodent commonly found in homes; a sly or treacherous person.
- 老舊ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋold and worn out; old-fashioned; outmoded; showing age and deterioration
- 古老ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇancient; old; age-old; from a very long time ago.
- 老化ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋto age; to grow old; to become outdated; to lose original elasticity or freshness over time
- 老是ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋalways; all the time; continually; used to emphasize repeated or habitual occurrence.
- 老家ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚone's hometown or place of origin; native region; (Taiwan) the final resting place after death.