老花

lǎohuā

noun #47,078

Meanings

1 presbyopia (age-related farsightedness)
2 old-eye vision

Characters

blurry / flowery (here: blurry)

Examples

爸爸最近老花得厉害,看手机要摘眼镜。

Bàba zuìjìn lǎohuā de lìhài, kàn shǒujī yào zhāi yǎnjìng.

Dad's presbyopia has gotten bad — he has to take off his glasses to read his phone.

四十岁以后很多人开始老花。

Sìshí suì yǐhòu hěn duō rén kāishǐ lǎohuā.

Many people start getting presbyopia after forty.

Tips

usage

Full clinical term is 老花眼 or 老视. The related glasses are 老花镜 / 老花眼镜 (reading glasses). Don't confuse with 近视 (myopia) or 远视 (hyperopia from birth) — presbyopia specifically means age-related loss of near focus.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo

花 huā