老頭兒 (lǎotóur) — old man, old fellow (informal, can be slighting or affectionate)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞

老頭兒 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)

老頭兒＝老＋頭＋兒

· lǎotóur

noun — old man, old fellow (informal, can be slighting or affectionate)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

老old, aged (年老)lǎo

頭the head; a person-suffix (頭子)tóu

兒the colloquial 兒 endingrerhua suffix, read as -r

老頭兒，年老的老，頭子的頭，加上兒化。