老 人 家

lǎorenjia

“Polite term for old woman or man” in Chinese is 老人家 (lǎorenjia).

Meaning

polite term for old woman or man

Example

请问您老人家高寿？

May I ask how old you are?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

lǎoHSK 16 strokesprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity rénHSK 12 strokesperson; people jiāHSK 110 strokeshome

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