老境

lǎojìng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 advanced years
  2. 2 old age
  3. 3 the circumstances of one's old age

Examples

Tā de lǎojìng guò de hěn ānníng.
His old age has been peaceful.
Tā dānxīn fùmǔ de lǎojìng wú rén zhàoliào.
She worries that no one will care for her parents in their later years.

Tips

register
Literary/written tone — slightly more poetic than the everyday 晚年 (wǎnnián, later years). Often shaded with the speaker's evaluation of the conditions: 凄凉老境 (a desolate old age), 安详老境 (a peaceful old age).

Stroke Order

lǎo
jìng