# 老家 (lǎojiā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老家 (lǎojiā) means “hometown; native place”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hometown; native place
- Pinyin: lǎojiā (lao3 jia1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 今年冬天我要回老家。
  Jīnnián dōngtiān wǒ yào huí lǎojiā.
  I will go back to my hometown this winter.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [家](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-home/) (jiā): home; family

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-jia-hometown/

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