# 元老 (yuánlǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 元老 (yuánlǎo) means “founding member; senior figure; veteran”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: founding member; senior figure; veteran
- Pinyin: yuánlǎo (yuan2 lao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是我们公司的元老。
  Tā shì wǒmen gōngsī de yuánlǎo.
  He is a founding member of our company.

## Characters

- [元](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-yuan/) (yuán): yuan (currency unit)
- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-lao-founding-member/

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