老头儿

• 拼音: lǎo tóur
• 汉字拆解: 老 = 耂 (old) + 匕 (change); 头 = simplified from 頭, meaning head; 儿 = erhua suffix adding a colloquial, northern flavour

含义

Old man; elderly man. A casual or familiar way to refer to an older man.

An informal term for an elderly man. Can be affectionate when used within families (e.g., a wife referring to her aged husband), but may sound disrespectful if used about a stranger. The 儿 suffix makes it colloquial and particularly common in northern Chinese speech. More polite alternatives include 老先生 or 老人家.

例句

1. 公园里有几个老头儿在下棋。
2. 那个老头儿每天都来这家茶馆喝茶。
3. 我爷爷是个很有趣的老头儿。

用法指南

语境: daily life, family, casual

语气: casual

正确说法

• 这个老头儿身体真好，每天跑步。(This old man is really fit — he runs every day.)
• 我家老头儿又去钓鱼了。(My old man has gone fishing again. — wife referring to her husband affectionately.)

错误说法

• 对陌生老人说'老头儿，让一下'。(Don't address a stranger as 老头儿 — it can be disrespectful. Use 老先生 or 您 instead.)

起源与历史

老 means old; 头 here is a colloquial suffix for a person; 儿 is the northern Chinese erhua diminutive suffix, adding a casual, familiar tone.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal