| 年老 | nián lǎo | aged |   |
| 苍老 | cāng lǎo | old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful | |
| 年迈 | nián mài | old / aged | |
| 老龄 | lǎo líng | old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged | |
| 老迈 | lǎo mài | aged / senile | |
| 耋 |  dié | aged / in one's eighties | |
| 衰迈 | shuāi mài | aged / decrepit | |
| 高年 | gāo nián | old / aged | |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 孝敬 | xiào jìng | to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents | |
| 敬老院 | jìng lǎo yuàn | home of respect for aged / nursing home | |
| 敬老 | jìng lǎo | respect for the aged | |
| 尊老 | zūn lǎo | respect the aged | |
| 青年节 | Qīng nián jié | Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off | |
| 耄耋 | mào dié | extremely aged / gray and venerable | |
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 衰朽 | shuāi xiǔ | decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling | |
| 耄 | mào | extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian | |
| 庠 | xiáng | asylum for the aged / school | |
| 老骥伏枥 | lǎo jì fú lì | lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 养老送终 | yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng | to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die | |
| 老化酶 | lǎo huà méi | aged enzyme | |
| 年尊 | nián zūn | aged and respected / senior | |
| 敬老席 | jìng lǎo xí | priority seating for the aged (on buses etc) | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老 | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents | |
| 老太公 | lǎo tài gōng | aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) | |
| 老耄 | lǎo mào | dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile | |
| 老马嘶风 | lǎo mǎ sī fēng | old horse sniffs the wind (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 老骥 | lǎo jì | old thoroughbred / fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 老骥嘶风 | lǎo jì sī fēng | old steed sniffs the wind (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 护老者 | hù lǎo zhě | carer of elderly persons / aged care worker | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 艾老 | ài lǎo | (literary) person aged over fifty / elderly person | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 早早班 | zǎo zǎo bān | preschool group for kids aged three or less / (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之ॲ | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
