老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老婆
lǎopó
wife
Characters in this word
婆 pó
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 波 waves, ripples, breakers 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我老婆在家。 Wǒ lǎo po zài jiā. My wife is home.
- 老婆去买菜。 Lǎo po qù mǎi cài. My wife goes to buy food.
- 他爱他老婆。 Tā ài tā lǎo po. He loves his wife.