| 老人家 |
lǎo rén jiā |
polite term for old woman or man |
| 老 |
lǎo |
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老人 |
lǎo rén |
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 人家 |
rén jiā |
household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:户,家 |
| 人家 |
rén jia |
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |