The New Dictionary.
Search dictionary
Chinese/Dictionary entry

老家伙

lǎo jiā huo

Source form: 老傢伙 / 老家伙
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
variant of 老家伙[lǎo jiā huo]
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f6dacc96bf3b9ed2. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

老傢伙 老家伙 [lao3 jia1 huo5] /variant of 老家伙[lao3 jia1 huo5]/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Source form: 老家伙
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(coll.) old fellow / old codger
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-bc4a61e3003ff780. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

老家伙 老家伙 [lao3 jia1 huo5] /(coll.) old fellow/old codger/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

Character information

View the individual characters. Their meanings do not necessarily explain the meaning of the whole word.

Other forms in these source records: 老傢伙

  • 老
    lǎo

    prefix 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 伙
    huǒ

    (bound form) meals (as in 伙食[huǒ shí]) / companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.