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老家

lǎo jiāㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

Sino-Vietnamese: LÃO GIA

Traditional: 老家

HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4

Meaning(noun)

native place; place of origin; home state or region

Not "old house" (旧房子); it means one's hometown/ancestral home.

Examples

  • 我老家在河南。

    wǒ lǎo jiā zài hé nán.

    My family is from Henan.

  • 过年我要回老家。

    guò nián wǒ yào huí lǎo jiā.

    I'm going back to my hometown for the New Year.

  • 他父母还住在老家。

    tā fù mǔ hái zhù zài lǎo jiā.

    His parents still live in his hometown.

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Stroke order

LÃO · 6 strokes

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);

GIA · 10 strokes

used in 家伙 and 家俱

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