kěn lǎo

啃老 (kěn lǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood

Characters in 啃老

啃kěn · to gnaw老lǎo · 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

Related words

老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老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)老师teacher老板boss老板Robam (brand)老板variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]老婆(coll.) wife老天God老实honest; sincere老鼠rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])老公(coll.) husband老公(coll.) eunuch

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