老年(lǎo nián)

HSK 42 characters

elderly

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 老年 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我们的体力、精力在老年时就衰退。

    wǒ men de tǐ lì jīng lì zài lǎo nián shí jiù shuāi tuì

    Our powers decline in old age.

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