Chinese symbol for “outmoded”
老旧
lǎo jiù
Traditional: 老舊
outmoded; old-fashioned
The closest CC-CEDICT match for outmoded is 老旧 (lǎo jiù), defined as: outmoded; old-fashioned.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “outmoded”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古板 | gǔ bǎn | outmoded; old-fashioned |
| 不合时宜 (不合時宜) | bù hé shí yí | out of step with current thinking; outmoded |
| 腐旧 (腐舊) | fǔ jiù | outmoded; decadent |
| 不兴 (不興) | bù xīng | out of fashion; outmoded |
| 不入时宜 (不入時宜) | bù rù shí yí | out of step with current thinking; outmoded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 老旧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 依旧 (依舊) | yī jiù | as before; still; to remain the same |
| 仍旧 (仍舊) | réng jiù | still (remaining); to remain (the same) |
| 旧址 (舊址) | jiù zhǐ | former site; old location |
See also: Japanese symbol for “outmoded”.
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.