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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools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

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

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

Synonyms

(one's original home):

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)

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