You're a mean old man.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
老头
old fellow
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
old fellow
02
old man
03
father
04
husband
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 老头 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 老头 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She married a rich old man.
Tom is just a crazy old man.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 老头.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 老头.
Directly before
- 这个老头1
- 有钱老头1
- 的老头1
- 疯老头1
- 这些老头1
Directly after
- 老头有时候1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 老头
What does 老头 mean in Chinese?
老头 (lǎotóu) means old fellow.
How do you pronounce 老头?
老头 is pronounced lǎotóu.
Is 老头 an HSK word?
老头 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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