No published English translation for this sentence.
老几
where in the order of seniority among siblings?
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Meaning and common use
where in the order of seniority among siblings?
(sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
How 老几 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 老几 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 老几.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 老几.
Directly before
- 排行老几1
- 我算老几1
- 算老几1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 老几
What does 老几 mean in Chinese?
老几 (lǎojǐ) means where in the order of seniority among siblings?.
How do you pronounce 老几?
老几 is pronounced lǎojǐ.
Is 老几 an HSK word?
老几 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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