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HSK 3 · People & Groups

老百姓

lǎo bǎi xìng

ordinary people

Stroke order of 老百姓

3 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

老 · 6 strokes百 · 6 strokes姓 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

Old 老 plus a hundred 百 surnames 姓: ordinary folks.

Parts: 老 old + 百 hundred + 姓 surname (女 + 生)

The characters in 老百姓

  • 老 lǎo — old (6 strokes)
  • 百 bǎi — hundred (6 strokes)
  • 姓 xìng — surname; to be surnamed (8 strokes)

Example sentence

老百姓都喜欢好天气。

Ordinary people all like nice weather.

Words with 老

老人old person老师teacher老old老朋友old friend老年old age; elderly老是always (complaining)老太太old lady老头儿old man老板boss

Words with 百

百hundred

Words with 姓

姓surname; to be surnamed姓名full name

More words: People & Groups

个人individual; personal华人ethnic Chinese熟人acquaintance人群crowd群group; crowd; flock人类humanity; mankind人民the people公民citizen民族ethnic group; nation中华民族the Chinese nation民间folk; among the people集体collective; group团体group; organization团group; ball; lump成员member会员member (of a club)

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