老儿 lǎo'er old man Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.