老人家 meaning in English

lǎorenjia

polite term for old woman or man

HSK 7-9noun18 strokes

Meaning of 老人家

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǎorénjiā
  1. polite term for old woman or man

老人家 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

搞gǎo这zhè狗gǒu屁pì玩wán意yì,我wǒ可kě是shì老lǎo人rén家jiā了le。
I'm too old for that shit.
请qǐng问wèn您nín老lǎo人rén家jiā高gāo寿shòu?
May I ask how old you are?
这zhè位wèi老lǎo人rén家jiā非fēi常cháng仁rén慈cí。
The old man is very kind.
不bú要yào捉zhuō弄nòng老lǎo人rén家jiā。
Don't make fun of old people.

Stroke order for each character

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老 lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a per… · 6 strokes

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人 rén · person · 2 strokes

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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 老人家.

女人nǚrénwoman
男人nánréna man; a male
回家huí jiāto return home
别人biérénother people; others; other person
国家guójiācountry; nation; state
老师lǎoshīteacher
家里jiā lihome
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
在家zàijiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差
病人bìngrénsick person; patient
工人gōngrénworker
老人lǎorénold man or woman; the elderly

Questions about 老人家

What does 老人家 mean?

老人家 (lǎorenjia) means "polite term for old woman or man" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 老人家?

老人家 is made of 3 characters: 老 (6 strokes), 人 (2 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 老人家 an HSK word?

Yes. 老人家 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.