| 老美 |
lǎo Měi |
(coll.) an American; person from the United States |
| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 美 |
Měi |
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) |
| 美 |
měi |
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself |