Chinese words pronounced lao (any tone) 27 words, in the 4 tones lao is read in. lāo (1st tone) 2 words 捞(lāo) fish up 粩(lāo) traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc 撈(lāo) fish up 粩(lāo) traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc láo (2nd tone) 8 words 牢(láo) pen 劳(láo) toil 崂(láo) name of a mountain in Shandong 醪(láo) wine or liquor with sediment 唠(láo) used in 唠叨 láodao 痨(láo) tuberculosis 铹(láo) lawrencium 哰(láo) used in 𪢌哰 lánláo 牢(láo) pen 勞(láo) toil 嶗(láo) name of a mountain in Shandong 醪(láo) wine or liquor with sediment 嘮(láo) used in 唠叨 láodao 癆(láo) tuberculosis 鐒(láo) lawrencium 哰(láo) used in 𪢌哰 lánláo lǎo (3rd tone) 10 words 老(lǎo) old 姥(lǎo) grandma 佬(lǎo) male 潦(lǎo) flooded 铑(lǎo) rhodium 咾(lǎo) noise 栳(lǎo) used in 栲栳 kǎolǎo 轑(lǎo) spokes 㧯(lǎo) round-bottomed wicker basket 狫(lǎo) name of a tribe 老(lǎo) old 姥(lǎo) grandma 佬(lǎo) male 潦(lǎo) flooded 銠(lǎo) rhodium 咾(lǎo) noise 栳(lǎo) used in 栲栳 kǎolǎo 轑(lǎo) spokes 㧯(lǎo) round-bottomed wicker basket 狫(lǎo) name of a tribe lào (4th tone) 8 words 落(lào) colloquial reading for 落 luò in certain compounds 络(lào) small net 烙(lào) brand 涝(lào) flooded 酪(lào) fruit jelly 唠(lào) gossip 嫪(lào) longing 耢(lào) kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground 落(lào) colloquial reading for 落 luò in certain compounds 絡(lào) small net 烙(lào) brand 澇(lào) flooded 酪(lào) fruit jelly 嘮(lào) gossip 嫪(lào) longing 耮(lào) kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground Often confused with lao nao in any tone 21 words