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Chinese
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
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老人
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家
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| simp. #(老人家)
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老人
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家
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Pronunciation
Noun
老人家
- (polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman
- (polite, non-face-to-face term of address) parents (of the speaker or another person)
Synonyms
- 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
- 老人 (lǎorén)
- 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
- 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
- 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
- 黃髮 / 黄发 (huángfà) (literary)