老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老太太
lǎotàitai
elderly woman
Characters in this word
太 tài
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老太太在笑。 Lǎotàitai zài xiào. The elderly woman is laughing.
- 老太太买菜。 Lǎotàitai mǎi cài. The elderly woman buys vegetables.
- 那位老太太好。 Nà wèi lǎotàitai hǎo. That elderly woman is nice.