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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 古老

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
古老 gǔ lǎo - ancient
- old
- age-old

List Ranking for: 古老

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 3,524 6,966 7,799

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
古 gǔ- surname Gu
古 gǔ- ancient
- old
- paleo-
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- outdated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

Other Words Containing 古老

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
古老 5 5 3,524 6,966 7,799