Chinese

老家

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese老 “old; aged; senior; elderly”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • ideaChinese毛 “hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 支 mn)”
    • ideaChinese匕 “a kind of spoon in ancient China”
  • characterChinese家 “home”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese𢑓 “pig.”
    • soundChinese豭 “boar; male pig”
      • meaningChinese豕 “pig; boar”
      • soundChinese叚 “original form of 假 (jiǎ, “to borrow”)”
        • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
        • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
        • ideaChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”

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