老家
lǎo​jiā HSK4

hometown

老家 lǎo​jiā
hometown noun
one's native place, ancestral home, or region of origin

父亲从老家给我们带来了风鸡。

fù​qīn cóng lǎo​jiā gěi wǒ​men dài lái le fēng​jī.

My father brought an air-dried chicken for us from my hometown.

childhood home
the family home in one's place of origin, often distinguished from a home established elsewhere
the afterlife
(euphemistic) the place one returns to after death; used in the context of passing away

Frequency
Movie subtitles
7.99 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
14.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)