老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老乡
lǎoxiāng
fellow townsman; person from the same hometown
Characters in this word
乡 xiāng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
Example phrases
- 在异国机场听见熟悉的方言，他立刻认出了几个老乡。 Zài yìguó jīchǎng tīngjiàn shúxī de fāngyán, tā lìkè rènchū le jǐ gè lǎoxiāng. Hearing a familiar dialect in a foreign airport, he immediately recognised several people from his hometown.
- 在火车上，我遇到了一位老乡。 Zài huǒchē shàng, wǒ yùdào le yí wèi lǎoxiāng. On the train I met someone from my hometown.
- 他乡遇老乡，我们高兴得聊了一路。 Tāxiāng yù lǎoxiāng, wǒmen gāoxìng de liáo le yílù. Meeting someone from home in a strange place, we were so happy that we chatted the whole way.