Chinese edit

 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (老家)
simp. #(老家)
anagram 家老

Pronunciation edit


Note: lǎojiār - “one's elders, especially one's parents”.

Noun edit

老家

  1. one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin
  2. one's ancestral hometown
  3. (figuratively, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld
  4. (dialectal, often erhua-ed) one's elders, especially one's parents

Synonyms edit

  • (one's original home):

Derived terms edit