老頭子
“old man; old fellow; (coll.) husband; my old man”
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老
ㄌㄠˇ
Old; aged; experienced; venerable; of long standing; prefix for elders or familiar people; outdated; tough (food); always.
頭
ㄊㄡˊ
The top part of the body; hair; a leader or boss; the beginning or end of something; a suffix for nouns, verbs, adjectives, or location words.
子
ㄗˇ
Son; child; offspring; seed; noun suffix attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or classifiers; first of the twelve earthly branches; ancient Chinese compass point for north.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 孩子ㄏㄞˊ ㄗˇchild; a young person who is not yet an adult; offspring; son or daughter
- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 兒子ㄦˊ ㄗˇson; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parents
- 男子ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇa man; a male; (in some contexts, especially Taiwan) a son
- 老人ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊold person; the elderly; senior citizen; long-time member or veteran of a group or organization.
- 妻子ㄑㄧ ㄗˇwife; a married woman in relation to her husband; (archaic or literary) wife and children
- 電子ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇelectronic; relating to devices or systems using circuits, semiconductors, or computers; electron (particle physics).
- 房子house; building; apartment; room; a residential structure where people live or a space used for a specific purpose
- 女子ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇwoman; female; (dated) unmarried or virgin woman.
- 老闆ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇboss; business owner; proprietor of a company or shop
- 樣子ㄧㄤˋ ㄗˇappearance; look; the way someone or something looks; manner; pattern; model; style; kind; sort; roughly; about (used before numbers to indicate approximation)
- 日子ㄖˋ ㄗˇday; a calendar date; days of one's life; time; period; livelihood; daily life