老人家
ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
“polite term for an elderly person; respectful way to refer to one's own or someone else's parents”
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老
ㄌㄠˇ
Old; aged; experienced; venerable; of long standing; prefix for elders or familiar people; outdated; tough (food); always.
人
ㄖㄣˊ
person; people; mankind; human being; someone else; other people; each person; a certain type or identity of person; character or disposition; surname.
家
ㄐㄧㄚ
Home; house; family; refers to a school of thought; classifier for families or businesses; noun suffix for a specialist; polite term for relatives.
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- 國家ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚcountry; nation; state; a political entity with territory, people, sovereignty, and government; a community sharing language, culture, society, and history.
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 人員ㄖㄣˊ ㄩㄢˊstaff; crew; personnel; people assigned to a role or task.
- 別人ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄣˊother people; someone else; a person distinct from oneself or the group mentioned.
- 家庭ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊfamily; household; a group of people related by marriage, blood, adoption, or cohabitation living together.
- 個人˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊan individual; a single person; oneself; personal; (informal) one's partner or lover
- 人生ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥlife; a person's lifetime on earth; human existence; the course of one's life from birth to death
- 人類ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋhumanity; the human race; mankind; human beings as a whole.
- 人民ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊthe people; citizens of a country with rights and obligations; the general populace.
- 人們ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄣpeople; individuals in general; everyone; the public; human beings collectively.
- 人士ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋperson; figure; public figure; a term for people in general; a personage