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title: "Laorenjia Meaning: 老人家 (lǎorenjia) Means “ elderly person”"
description: "老人家 (lǎorenjia) means “(polite) elderly person; old person”. Hear its tones and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/laorenjia"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 老人家 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

老人家 lǎorenjia

## (polite) elderly person; old person

## Its characters

1. 家 jia (suffix) used after some nouns for a kind of person (as in 姑娘家)

## In a sentence

您老人家身体还好吗？ Are you keeping well, sir?

我听**老人家**说，王莽篡汉之时，天降此山，山下压着一个神猴，冻不死，也饿不死。

From [救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-10#library-word-97-100)

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## More words with 老 or 人 or 家

- [爱人 àiren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/airen)
- [搬家 bānjiā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banjia)
- [本人 běnrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benren)
- [别人 biéren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bieren)
- [病人 bìngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bingren)
- [厂家 chǎngjiā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/changjia)
- [成人 chéngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengren)
- [创始人 chuàngshǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuangshiren)
- [打工人 dǎgōngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dagongren)
- [代理人 dàilǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dailiren)

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