Lao Gan Ma and I have a love-hate relationship.
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Lao
//laʊ//
Synonyms for "lao" (6 found)
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5 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
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143 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- Laosiaans adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Lao noun (language)
- Laosiaan noun (person)
- Laosiaans noun (language)
Albanian
4 entries- laosianísht noun (language)
- laosián noun (person)
- laosián noun (language)
- laosiáne noun (person)
Armenian
1 entries- լաոսերեն noun (language)
Asturian
3 entries- laosianu adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laosiana noun (person)
- laosianu noun (person)
Basque
1 entries- laostar noun (person)
Belarusian
2 entries- лао́скі adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- лао́ская noun (language)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лао́ски adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- лао́сец noun (person)
- лао́ски noun (language)
Burmese
3 entries- လာအို adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- လာအိုစကား noun (language)
- လာအိုစာ noun (language)
Catalan
1 entries- laosià noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 老撾的 /老挝的 adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- 寮文 noun (language)
- 老撾人 /老挝人 noun (person)
- 老撾語 /老挝语 noun (language)
Czech
3 entries- laoský adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Laosan noun (person)
- laoština noun (language)
Danish
1 entries- laotisk noun (language)
Dutch
2 entries- Laotiaans noun (person)
- Laotiaans noun (language)
Farefare
3 entries- lao adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laoga noun (person)
- laore noun (language)
Finnish
4 entries- laonkielinen adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laosilainen adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- lao noun (person)
- lao noun (language)
French
4 entries- lao adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laotien adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Laotien noun (person)
- Laotienne noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- laosiano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laosiano noun (person)
German
4 entries- laotisch adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Lao noun (language)
- Laote noun (person)
- Laotin noun (person)
Greek
1 entries- Λαοτινή noun (language)
Gujarati
2 entries- લાઓશિયન noun (person)
- લાઓશિયન noun (language)
Hindi
2 entries- लाओशियन noun (person)
- लाओशियन noun (language)
Hungarian
3 entries- lao adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- lao noun (person)
- lao noun (language)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahasa Laos noun (language)
Irish
2 entries- Laoisis noun (language)
- Laosach noun (person)
Italian
3 entries- laotiana noun (person)
- laotiano noun (person)
- laotiano noun (language)
Japanese
4 entries- ラオ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- ラオスの adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- ラオス人 noun (person)
- ラオス語 noun (language)
Khmer
4 entries- លាវ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- ឡាវ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- ភាសាលាវ noun (language)
- លាវ noun (person)
Korean
3 entries- 라오 adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- 라오스인 noun (person)
- 라오어 noun (language)
Lao
3 entries- ລາວ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- ຄົນລາວ noun (person)
- ພາສາລາວ noun (language)
Lü
1 entries- ᦟᦱᧁ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
Malay
1 entries- Bahasa Lao noun (language)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩃᩣ᩠ᩅ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- laot noun (person)
- laotisk noun (language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- laot noun (person)
- laotisk noun (language)
Persian
1 entries- لائوسی noun (person)
Polish
4 entries- laotański adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Laotanka noun (person)
- Laotańczyk noun (person)
- laotański noun (language)
Portuguese
4 entries- laociano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laosiano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laociano noun (person)
- laociano noun (language)
Romanian
4 entries- laoțian adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- lao noun (language)
- laoțian noun (person)
- laoțiană noun (person)
Russian
4 entries- лао́сский adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- лао́сец noun (person)
- лао́ска noun (person)
- лао́сский noun (language)
Shan
1 entries- လၢဝ်း adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
Slovak
1 entries- laoština noun (language)
Spanish
4 entries- de Laos adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laosiano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- lao noun (person)
- lao noun (language)
Swedish
4 entries- laotisk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- laotier noun (person)
- laotiska noun (person)
- laotiska noun (language)
Tagalog
3 entries- Laosyano adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- Laosyano noun (person)
- Laosyano noun (language)
Thai
3 entries- ลาว adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- คนลาว noun (person)
- ภาษาลาว noun (language)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лао́ський adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- лао́сець noun (person)
- лао́ска noun (person)
- лао́ська noun (language)
Vietnamese
3 entries- Lào adj (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
- người Lào noun (person)
- tiếng Lào noun (language)
Welsh
1 entries- Laoeg noun (language)
Zhuang
1 entries- vahlao noun (language)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Wang Lao Ji isn't beer. It's tea.
Source: tatoeba (540494)
It was Lao Zhang that told me this story.
Source: tatoeba (2737505)
Ever since his graduation from university until his retirement, Lao Wang had continually worked as a teacher.
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