老家
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |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 | ||
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trad. (老家) | 老 | 家 | |
simp. #(老家) | 老 | 家 | |
anagram | 家老 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- (one's original home):
- (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 edit
- 回老家 (huí lǎojiā)