老乡/老鄉 lǎo xiāng — fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

Meanings

1. 1

   fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

   fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

   noun

Character breakdown

• 老

  lǎo (third tone, dipping)

  old, aged; long-established; (before a verb) always, forever doing something; a familiar or respectful prefix for people

  6 strokes⿸耂匕Radical 老

Words containing 老

• 老lǎo (third tone, dipping)old, aged (of people and animals)
• 老师/老師lǎoshī (third tone, dipping)teacher
• 老板lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎn (third tone, dipping)boss
• 老婆lǎo (third tone, dipping) pó (second tone, rising)(coll.) wife
• 老公lǎo (third tone, dipping) gōng (first tone, high and level)(coll.) husband
• 老人lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)old man or woman
• 老大lǎo (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)old age
• 老鼠lǎo (third tone, dipping) shǔ (third tone, dipping)rat
• 老实/老實lǎo (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising)honest
• 古老gǔ (third tone, dipping) lǎo (third tone, dipping)ancient
• 老虎lǎo (third tone, dipping) hǔ (third tone, dipping)tiger
• 老是lǎo (third tone, dipping) shi (neutral tone)always
• 老家lǎo (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level)native place
• 老太太lǎo (third tone, dipping) tài (fourth tone, falling) tai (neutral tone)elderly lady (respectful)
• 老朋友lǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)old friend
• 老百姓lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎi (third tone, dipping) xìng (fourth tone, falling)ordinary people
• 老年lǎo (third tone, dipping) nián (second tone, rising)elderly
• 老人家lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)polite term for old woman or man