老家

老家

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎojiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gaa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): láu-ke / láu-kee / láu-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎojiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojia
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gaa¹
    • Yale: lóuh gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-ke
    • Tâi-lô: láu-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'kef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-kee
    • Tâi-lô: láu-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-ka
    • Tâi-lô: láu-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/

Noun

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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) my parents
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) your parents

Synonyms

• (one's original home):

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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) 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)

• (one's ancestral hometown): 原籍 (yuánjí), 祖籍 (zǔjí), 祖居 (zǔjū)
• (the other side): 陰間／阴间 (yīnjiān)

Derived terms

回老家 (huí lǎojiā)