| 老 |
Lǎo wō | Laos |
| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 挝 |
wō | used 老挝 |
| 挝 |
zhuā | ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓 / to strike; to beat |