老旧

老舊
lǎojiù
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 old and worn
  2. 2 outdated

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè dòng lóu tài lǎojiù le, diàntī jīngcháng huài.
This building is too old; the elevator breaks down all the time.
HSK 7-9
Chéngshì zhèngzài gǎizào yì pī lǎojiù xiǎoqū, gěi lóufáng zhuāng diàntī.
The city is renovating a batch of old housing estates and installing elevators in the buildings.

Tips

usage
Common in official writing about buildings and machines: 老旧小区 'old residential compounds', 老旧设备 'aging equipment'. For ideas and methods, 陈旧 'outdated' is also common.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo
旧 jiù