老头儿 (lǎotóur) · old man (informal)
老头儿 (lǎotóur) means “old man (informal)”. It is written with 3 characters: 老 (old) + 头 (head) + 儿 (child). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 老头儿 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)
头 tóu · head
What 头 is made of
- ⺀ — ice
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: high (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
儿 ér · child
What 儿 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 老头儿
What does 老头儿 mean?
老头儿 (lǎotóur) means “old man (informal)”.
How do you pronounce 老头儿?
老头儿 is pronounced lǎotóur.
Which HSK level is 老头儿?
老头儿 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
- 老太太lǎotàitaiold lady
- 老公lǎogōnghusband
- 老家lǎojiāhometown
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 40: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.