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老家

lǎo jiā

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

老家 (lǎo jiā) means "native place; place of origin; home state or region". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 老家 means

1. native place
2. place of origin
3. home state or region

The characters in 老家

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 家jiāused in 家伙

Example sentences

• 他住得离老家很远。
  Tā zhù de lí lǎojiā hěn yuǎn.
  He lives far away from his hometown.

Words starting with 老家

• 老家伙lǎo jiā huo(colloquial) old fellow; old codger
• 老家贼lǎo jiā zéi(dialect) sparrow

Words containing 老家

• 回老家huí lǎo jiāto go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place…

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