Chinese symbol for “aged”
年老
nián lǎo
aged
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aged is 年老 (nián lǎo), defined as: aged.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “aged”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陈年 (陳年) | chén nián | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding |
| 老迈 (老邁) | lǎo mài | aged; senile |
| 耋 | dié | aged; in one's eighties |
| 老龄 (老齡) | lǎo líng | old age; aging |
| 苍老 (蒼老) | cāng lǎo | old; aged |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 年老.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aged”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.