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 (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
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登
dēng
to scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)