家乡 jiāxiāng hometown
hometown; native place
How to remember 家乡: 家 home + 乡 country = hometown.
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How it is used
- Noun "hometown," carrying a nostalgic, emotional connotation - the place one is from and feels attached to.
- Contrast with the more colloquial, everyday 老家 (lǎojiā) and the more literary synonym 故乡 (gùxiāng).
- Common phrase: 想念家乡 (xiǎngniàn jiāxiāng) miss one's hometown.
Example sentences
- 我的家乡非常漂亮。 Wǒ de jiāxiāng fēicháng piàoliàng.My hometown is very pretty.