How to pronounce lao in Chinese
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lao
lao in every tone
捞
lāoT1
to fish up; to dredge up
老
lǎoT3
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old
涝
làoT4
flooded
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