老挝

老撾

Lǎowō

noun #21,909

Meanings

1 Laos (country in Southeast Asia)

Characters

beat; strike (rare)

Phonetic transliteration. 老 (old/venerable) is a common character, but 挝 is almost exclusively used in this country name.

Examples

HSK 3

老挝的首都是万象。

Lǎowō de shǒudū shì Wànxiàng.

The capital of Laos is Vientiane.

Tips

usage

万象 (Vientiane) literally means 'ten thousand elephants' - matching the old name 'Land of a Million Elephants.'

Stroke Order

老 lǎo

挝 wō