| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白頭諧老 | 白头谐老 | bái tóu xié lǎo | live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss; remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives |
| 百老匯 | 百老汇 | Bǎi lǎo huì | Broadway (New York City) |
| 長生不老 | 长生不老 | cháng shēng bù lǎo | immortality |
| 法老 | fǎ lǎo | pharaoh | |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient; old; age-old | |
| 老 | lǎo | (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity); old (of people); venerable (person) | |
| 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | ordinary people; the "person in the street" | |
| 老闆 | 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss; business proprietor |
| 老伴 | lǎo bàn | (n) better half | |
| 老伴兒 | 老伴儿 | lǎo ban4r | (of an old married couple) husband or wife |
| 老兵 | lǎo bīng | veteran | |
| 老成 | lǎo chéng | (adj) experienced; trained | |
| 老大哥 | lǎo dà gē | big brother | |
| 老大媽 | 老大妈 | lǎo dà mā | "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 老大娘 | lǎo dà niáng | aunty; granny | |
| 老大爺 | 老大爷 | lǎo dà yé | uncle; grandpa |
| 老二 | lǎo èr | the second child or brother (or sister) | |
| 老公 | lǎo gong | (informal) husband | |
| 老漢 | 老汉 | lǎo hàn | (n) old man; (n) I (self reference by an old man) |
| 老河口 | Lǎo hé kǒu | (N) Laohekou (city in Hubei) | |
| 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger | |
| 老花 | lǎo huā | presbyopia | |
| 老化 | lǎo huà | (v) become old (person or thing) | |
| 老化酶 | lǎo huà méi | aged enzyme | |
| 老驥伏櫪志在千里 | 老骥伏枥志在千里 | lǎo jì fú lì zhì zài qiān lǐ | (lit.) an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 li; (fig.) old people may still cherish high aspirations |
| 老家 | lǎo jiā | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 老兩口兒 | 老两口儿 | lǎo liǎng koǔr | an old married couple |
| 老奶奶 | lǎo nǎi nai | (informal) father's father's mother; paternal great grandmother | |
| 老年 | lǎo nián | elderly | |
| 老年痴獃 | 老年痴呆 | lǎo nián chī dāi | senile dementia; Alzheimer’s disease |
| 老年痴獃症 | 老年痴呆症 | lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng | senile dementia; Alzheimer’s disease |
| 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | old people; the elderly | |
| 老牌 | lǎo pái | old brand; old style; old school | |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (informal) wife | |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old people; the aged | |
| 老人家 | lǎo rén jiā | (n) polite term for old woman or man | |
| 老舍 | Lǎo Shě | Lao She (famous Chinese writer) | |
| 老師 | 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老實巴交 | 老实巴交 | lǎo shí bā jiāo | honest; good natured |
| 老是 | lǎo shi | always | |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse | |
| 老態龍鍾 | 老态龙锺 | lǎo tài lóng zhōng | doddering; senile |
| 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | (n) old woman (often not polite); (n) term to refer to wife | |
| 老套 | lǎo tào | old things; old ways (pejorative) | |
| 老天爺 | 老天爷 | lǎo tiān yě | God; Heavens |
| 老頭 | 老头 | lǎo tóu | old fellow |
| 老頭兒 | 老头儿 | lǎo tóu er | (n) old n (often not polite) |
| 老外 | lǎo wài | foreigner | |
| 老撾 | 老挝 | lǎo wō | Laos |
| 老鄉 | 老乡 | lǎo xiāng | fellow-townsman; fellow-villager |
| 老兄 | lǎo xiōng | 'old chap' (form of address between male friends) | |
| 老爺爺 | 老爷爷 | lǎo yé ye | (informal) father's father's father; paternal great grandfather |
| 老爺 | 老爷 | lǎo ye | (informal) maternal grandfather; mother's father |
| 老一輩 | 老一辈 | lǎo yī bèi | (n) one generation older |
| 老遠 | 老远 | lǎo yuǎn | very far away |
| 老資格 | 老资格 | lǎo zī ge | veteran |
| 老子 | Lǎo zǐ | Laozi (Chinese philosopher) | |
| 龍頭老大 | 龙头老大 | lóng tóu lǎo dà | big boss; leader of a group; dominant (position) |
| 米老鼠 | Mǐ Lǎo shǔ | Mickey Mouse | |
| 棉蘭老島 | 棉兰老岛 | Mián lán lǎo dǎo | Mindanao (island in the Philippines) |
| 年老 | nián lǎo | aged | |
| 普通老百姓 | pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng | common people; average people; hoi polloi | |
| 人口老化 | rén kǒu lǎo huà | population aging | |
| 聖誕老人 | 圣诞老人 | shèng dàn lǎo rén | Santa Claus |
| 世界性古老問題 | 世界性古老问题 | shì jiè xìng gǔ lǎo wèn tí | a problem as old as the world itself |
| 衰老 | shuāi lǎo | (adj) feeble and old | |
| 唐老鴨 | 唐老鸭 | Táng lǎo Yā | Donald Duck |
| 養兒防老 | 养儿防老 | yǎng ér fáng lǎo | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age |
| 養老 | 养老 | yǎng lǎo | provide for the elderly |
| 養老保險 | 养老保险 | yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn | (n) old-age insurance |
| 養老金 | 养老金 | yǎng lǎo jīn | pension |
| 養老院 | 养老院 | yǎng lǎo yuàn | nursing home |
| 語文老師 | 语文老师 | yǔ wén lǎo shī | language and literature teacher |
| 元老 | yuán lǎo | grandee; old leadership; chief figure (in a gerontocracy) | |
| 元老院 | yuán lǎo yuàn | upper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly | |
| 早老素 | zǎo lǎo sù | presenilins | |
| 長老 | 长老 | zhǎng lǎo | elder |
| 長老會 | 长老会 | zhǎng lǎo huì | Presbyterianism |
| 紙老虎 | 纸老虎 | zhǐ lǎo hu | paper tiger |
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