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  • n.hometown; homeplace

    • tā yīn sī niàn jiā xiāng huí dào zǔ guó

      思念家乡回到祖国

      He returned to his native land out of homesickness.

    • tā zhuān chéng huí jiā xiāng qù kàn wàng tā shēng bìng de mǔ qīn

      专程家乡看望生病母亲

      She retrained to her hometown specially to see her sick mother.

    • nǐ hái jì de nǐ de jiā xiāng fāng yán ma

      记得家乡方言

      Do you remember your native dialect?

    • bǎo wèi jiā xiāng

      保卫家乡

      defend one's hometown

    • zài wǒ jiā xiāng

      家乡

      in my hometown

    • méi yǒu duì jiā xiāng de sī niàn zhǐ yǒu duì yì xiāng de liú liàn

      没有家乡思念只有异乡留恋

      No missing to the hometown but to the foreign ones.

Word usage

  • Note
    "家乡" is different from "故乡". "家乡" means that one may still live there; "故乡" refers to the place where one was born or where one lived for a long time, but one no longer lives there.
  • "家乡" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • 家乡

      one hometown