gù xiāng
ถิ่นกำเนิด; บ้านเกิด; สถานที่เกิด
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我很想念我的故乡。
wǒ hěn xiǎngniàn wǒ de gùxiāng.
I miss my hometown very much.
我将在下个月回到我的故乡。
wǒ jiāng zài xià gè yuè huí dào wǒ de gùxiāng.
I will return to my hometown next month.
我的故乡是一个美丽的地方。
wǒ de gùxiāng shì yī gè měilì de dìfāng.
My hometown is a beautiful place.
家乡 (jiāxiāng)
hometown
故里 (gùlǐ)
native place
异乡 (yì xiāng)
foreign land
他乡 (tā xiāng)
another place
The Chinese word 故乡 (gùxiāng) for "hometown" is composed of two characters: 故 (gù) and 乡 (xiāng). The character 故 originally meant "old" or "former", but in this context it refers to one's place of origin or ancestral home. The character 乡 originally meant "countryside" or "village", but in this context it refers to one's hometown or place of birth. Together, the two characters 故乡 (gùxiāng) convey the idea of one's ancestral home or place of origin, and are often used in a nostalgic or sentimental sense to refer to one's hometown.
