老话 meaning in English
an old saying
Traditional 老話14 strokes
Meaning of 老话
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
lǎohuà
- an old saying
老话 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
“好人不长命”是句或真或假的老话。
"The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.
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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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 老话.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 的话 | dehuà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 讲话 | jiǎnghuà | a speech; to speak |
| 笑话 | xiàohua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 老朋友 | lǎo péngyou | old friend; (slang) period |
| 老是 | lǎoshì | always |
| 对话 | duìhuà | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
| 老年 | lǎonián | elderly; old age |
Questions about 老话
What does 老话 mean?
老话 (lǎohuà) means "an old saying".
How do you write 老话?
老话 is made of 2 characters: 老 (6 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
How is 老话 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 老话 is written 老話.