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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
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老
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家
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老
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家
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| anagram
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家老
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Pronunciation
Note: lǎojiār - “one's elders, especially one's parents”.
Noun
老家
- one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin
- one's ancestral hometown
- (figuratively, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld
- (dialectal, often erhua-ed) one's elders, especially one's parents
Synonyms
- 土 (literary, or in compounds)
- 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
- 故國／故国 (gùguó) (literary)
- 故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
- 故土 (gùtǔ)
- 故鄉／故乡 (gùxiāng)
- 故里 (gùlǐ)
- 老屋 (Hakka)
- 鄉下／乡下
- 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
- 鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
- 鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
- (one's ancestral hometown): 原籍 (yuánjí), 祖籍 (zǔjí), 祖居 (zǔjū)
- (the other side): (figuratively) 黃泉／黄泉 (huángquán), 陰間／阴间 (yīnjiān)
Derived terms