老家 (lǎo jiā): hometown, home state

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 4noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: hometown, home state
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 4

Full definitions

native place
place of origin
home state or region
native place
place of origin
hometown
one's parents' or ancestral home

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Character breakdown

HSK 3

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

HSK 1

home

Example sentences

I go back to my hometown to see my parents every Spring Festival.

His hometown is a small mountain village in Sichuan.

Grandma has always lived in her hometown and is unwilling to move to the city.

After graduating from university, he first went back to his hometown and stayed for a few months.

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