Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: lao Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 190, Entry 29 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lao. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The terms lan-lao and lian-lou. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The terms lan-lao and lian-lou refer to unintelligible speech. Song Dynasty, Mu Xiu, Remnant Spring Sickened Poem: The wind curtains rustle softly as the swallows chirp (lao lao). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The term lan-lao means to pull or grasp. Yangzi, Regional Dialect (Fangyan): The term lao means to grasp; in the regions of the southeast and the borders of Zhou and Jin, it is called lao. Lao is also a common colloquial term. Note: People of Pingyuan are fond of using the term lao.