老家

老家 lǎojiā in a sentence

Home (place of origin)

Full dictionary entry 1 sentence

老家 (lǎojiā) means Home (place of origin). Below is the one sentence on this site that uses it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

From the graded readers

我离开 老家 已经十年了。

wǒ líkāi lǎojiā yǐjīng shínián le / liǎo / liào.

It's been ten years since I left my home town.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

Questions about 老家

How is 老家 used in a sentence?

This page shows 1 sentence using 老家 (lǎojiā, "Home (place of origin)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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