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古老

gǔlǎo

ancient

HSK 5 · Topic “Time and dates”
An old twisted tree
Memory picture

Characters in this word

古 gǔ

Strokes
5
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
十 ten, tenth 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

老 lǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
老 — old, aged
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 古老的城。 Gǔlǎo de chéng. An ancient city.
  • 这树很古老。 Zhè shù hěn gǔlǎo. This tree is very ancient.
  • 古老故事多。 Gǔlǎo gùshi duō. There are many ancient stories.

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