# 老年 (lǎonián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老年 (lǎonián) means “old age; elderly”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: old age; elderly
- Pinyin: lǎonián (lao3 nian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 很多老年人喜欢散步。
  Hěn duō lǎoniánrén xǐhuan sànbù.
  Many elderly people like walking.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [年](https://hanziro.com/word/nian-year/) (nián): year

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-nian-old-age/

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