老家 (lǎo jiā) — one's hometown (especially one's ancestral home)
Definition
老家 is your hometown as a place you actually return to — often your family's old home village. 家乡 is the broader hometown/region; 籍贯 and 祖籍 are formal words for registered or ancestral origin on paper.
noun
one's hometown (especially one's ancestral home)
Examples
- 。Wǒ měi nián chūn jié dōu huí lǎo jiā.I go back to my hometown every Spring Festival.
- 老家。Tā de lǎo jiā zài shān dōng nóng cūn.His hometown is in a village in Shandong.
- ，老家。Wǒ suī rán zhù zài dà chéng shì, dàn lǎo jiā hái shì wǒ zuì xiǎng huí qù de dì fāng.Even though I live in a big city, my hometown is still the place I most want to go back to.
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