老太太
HSK 3 (2021)
老太太 (lǎotàitai) · old lady
老太太 (lǎotàitai) means “old lady; elderly woman”. It is written with 2 characters: 老 (old) + 太 (too). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 老太太 is built
The characters
老 lǎo · old
What 老 is made of
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
太 tài · too
What 太 is made of
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
那位老太太每天在公园散步。Nà wèi lǎotàitai měi tiān zài gōngyuán sànbù.That old lady takes a walk in the park every day.
我帮老太太拿东西。Wǒ bāng lǎotàitai ná dōngxi.I helped the old lady carry her things.
Questions about 老太太
What does 老太太 mean?
老太太 (lǎotàitai) means “old lady; elderly woman”.
How do you pronounce 老太太?
老太太 is pronounced lǎotàitai.
Which HSK level is 老太太?
老太太 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 老年lǎoniánold age
- 老朋友lǎo péngyouold friend
- 老是lǎoshialways
- 老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people
- 老板lǎobǎnboss
- 老头儿lǎotóurold man (informal)
- 老公lǎogōnghusband
- 老家lǎojiāhometown
Learn 老太太 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 39: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.