"老家" meaning in Chinese

See 老家 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/, /lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/, /ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/, /lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/, /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/ Chinese transliterations: lǎojiā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ gaa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], 'lau³ ga¹ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], lau² jia¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], láu-ke [Hokkien, POJ], láu-kee [Hokkien, POJ], láu-ka [Hokkien, POJ], lao⁶ gê¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], lǎojiā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎojia [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-chia¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-jyā [Mandarin, Yale], laojia [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзя [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczja [Mandarin, Palladius], lǎojiār [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lǎojiar [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-chia¹-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-jyār [Mandarin, Yale], laojial [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзяр [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczjar [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh gā [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ gaa¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ ga¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], 'lau³ ga¹ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], lau² jia¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], láu-ke [Hokkien, Tai-lo], law'kef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], láu-kee [Hokkien, Tai-lo], láu-ka [Hokkien, Tai-lo], law'kaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lău ke [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老家
  1. one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin
    Sense id: en-老家-zh-noun-PoD-2qN-
  2. one's ancestral hometown Synonyms (one's ancestral hometown): 原籍 (yuánjí), 祖籍 (zǔjí), 祖居 (zǔjū)
    Sense id: en-老家-zh-noun-1tuBa5Ut Disambiguation of "one's ancestral hometown": 8 83 2 8
  3. (figuratively, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld Tags: colloquial, euphemistic, figuratively, humorous Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death Synonyms (the other side): 黃泉 (huángquán) [figuratively], 黄泉 (huángquán) [figuratively], 陰間 (yīnjiān), 阴间 (yīnjiān)
    Sense id: en-老家-zh-noun-hdy33Lwk Disambiguation of Afterlife: 1 2 96 1 Disambiguation of Death: 2 3 95 0 Categories (other): Chinese euphemisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 35 50 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 18 64 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 11 75 10 Disambiguation of 'the other side': 0 1 98 1
  4. (dialectal, often erhua-ed) one's elders, especially one's parents Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-老家-zh-noun-kMaumYQY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 回老家 (huí lǎojiā)
Synonyms: [in-compounds, literary], 家鄉 (jiāxiāng), 家乡 (jiāxiāng), 故國 (gùguó) [literary], 故国 (gùguó) [literary], 故園 (gùyuán) [literary], 故园 (gùyuán) [literary], 故土 (gùtǔ), 故鄉 (gùxiāng), 故乡 (gùxiāng), 故里 (gùlǐ), 老屋 [Hakka], 鄉下, 乡下, 鄉土 (xiāngtǔ), 乡土 (xiāngtǔ), 鄉梓 (xiāngzǐ) [literary], 乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) [literary], 鄉關 (xiāngguān) [literary], 乡关 (xiāngguān) [literary], 鄉黨 (xiāngdǎng) [Classical], 乡党 (xiāngdǎng) [Classical]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huí lǎojiā",
      "word": "回老家"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老家",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-老家-zh-noun-PoD-2qN-",
      "links": [
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "native",
          "native"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's ancestral hometown"
      ],
      "id": "en-老家-zh-noun-1tuBa5Ut",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestral",
          "ancestral"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 8",
          "roman": "yuánjí",
          "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
          "word": "原籍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 8",
          "roman": "zǔjí",
          "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
          "word": "祖籍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 8",
          "roman": "zǔjū",
          "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
          "word": "祖居"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Chinese euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 35 50 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 18 64 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 75 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 96 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Afterlife",
          "orig": "zh:Afterlife",
          "parents": [
            "Death",
            "Mythology",
            "Philosophy",
            "Religion",
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 95 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "zh:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld"
      ],
      "id": "en-老家-zh-noun-hdy33Lwk",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "other side",
          "other side"
        ],
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ],
        [
          "hell",
          "hell"
        ],
        [
          "afterworld",
          "afterworld"
        ],
        [
          "netherworld",
          "netherworld"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 1",
          "roman": "huángquán",
          "sense": "the other side",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "黃泉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 1",
          "roman": "huángquán",
          "sense": "the other side",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "黄泉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 1",
          "roman": "yīnjiān",
          "sense": "the other side",
          "word": "陰間"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 1",
          "roman": "yīnjiān",
          "sense": "the other side",
          "word": "阴间"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic",
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "one's elders, especially one's parents"
      ],
      "id": "en-老家-zh-noun-kMaumYQY",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often erhua-ed",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, often erhua-ed) one's elders, especially one's parents"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ gaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'lau³ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau² jia¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-kee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao⁶ gê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-chia¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-jyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laojia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзя"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiār"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-chia¹-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-jyār"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laojial"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзяр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczjar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh gā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ gaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'lau³ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau² jia¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law'kef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-kee"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law'kaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lău ke"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ láu-kee /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāxiāng",
      "word": "家鄉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāxiāng",
      "word": "家乡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùguó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故國"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùguó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故国"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùyuán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故園"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùyuán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故园"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùtǔ",
      "word": "故土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùxiāng",
      "word": "故鄉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùxiāng",
      "word": "故乡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gùlǐ",
      "word": "故里"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "老屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鄉下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "乡下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngtǔ",
      "word": "鄉土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngtǔ",
      "word": "乡土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngzǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄉梓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngzǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乡梓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngguān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄉關"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngguān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乡关"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngdǎng",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "鄉黨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngdǎng",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "乡党"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老家"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 家",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 老",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Afterlife",
    "zh:Death"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "huí lǎojiā",
      "word": "回老家"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老家",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "one's original or family home; one's native place; one's place of origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "native",
          "native"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's ancestral hometown"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestral",
          "ancestral"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms",
        "Chinese euphemisms",
        "Chinese humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "other side",
          "other side"
        ],
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ],
        [
          "hell",
          "hell"
        ],
        [
          "afterworld",
          "afterworld"
        ],
        [
          "netherworld",
          "netherworld"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic",
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's elders, especially one's parents"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often erhua-ed",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, often erhua-ed) one's elders, especially one's parents"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ gaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'lau³ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau² jia¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-kee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao⁶ gê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-chia¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-jyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laojia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзя"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiār"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎojiar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-chia¹-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-jyār"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laojial"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзяр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczjar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh gā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ gaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'lau³ ga¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau² jia¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law'kef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-kee"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-ka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law'kaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lău ke"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ láu-kee /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlau²¹³⁻¹³ ka⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāxiāng",
      "word": "家鄉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāxiāng",
      "word": "家乡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùguó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故國"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùguó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùyuán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故園"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùyuán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故园"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùtǔ",
      "word": "故土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùxiāng",
      "word": "故鄉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùxiāng",
      "word": "故乡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùlǐ",
      "word": "故里"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "老屋"
    },
    {
      "word": "鄉下"
    },
    {
      "word": "乡下"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngtǔ",
      "word": "鄉土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngtǔ",
      "word": "乡土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngzǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄉梓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngzǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乡梓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngguān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄉關"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngguān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乡关"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngdǎng",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "鄉黨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngdǎng",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "乡党"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánjí",
      "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
      "word": "原籍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔjí",
      "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
      "word": "祖籍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔjū",
      "sense": "one's ancestral hometown",
      "word": "祖居"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángquán",
      "sense": "the other side",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "黃泉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángquán",
      "sense": "the other side",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "黄泉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnjiān",
      "sense": "the other side",
      "word": "陰間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnjiān",
      "sense": "the other side",
      "word": "阴间"
    }
  ],
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}

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