老同学

老同學

lǎotóngxué

noun

Meanings

HSK 4

毕业二十年后，几个老同学又聚在了一起。

Bìyè èrshí nián hòu, jǐ ge lǎotóngxué yòu jù zài le yìqǐ.

Twenty years after graduating, a few old classmates got together again.

HSK 5

我昨天在超市碰到了一个老同学。

Wǒ zuótiān zài chāoshì pèngdào le yí ge lǎotóngxué.

Yesterday I ran into an old classmate at the supermarket.

usage

老 here means 'long-standing', not 'elderly', so a 老同学 can be in their twenties. Same pattern: 老朋友 (old friend), 老同事 (longtime colleague).

老 lǎo

同 tóng

学 xué