家
乡

Hometown in Chinese: 家乡 (jiā xiāng)

jiā xiāng

hometown

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 家鄉2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1hometown
  2. 2native place

Stroke order

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家
乡

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ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

家乡

Simplified

家鄉

Traditional

Example sentences

See 家乡 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我的家乡非常漂亮。

    wǒ de jiā xiāng fēi cháng piào liang。

    My hometown is very pretty.

  • 你回家乡去住多少天？

    nǐ huí jiā xiāng qù zhù duō shǎo tiān？

    How many days are you going to be visiting your hometown?

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Related words

家

jiā

home

乡

xiāng

country or countryside

大家

dà jiā

everyone

国家

guó jiā

country

家具

jiā jù

furniture

家庭

jiā tíng

family

家务

jiā wù

household duties

专家

zhuān jiā

expert

回家

huí jiā

to return home

家里

jiā lǐ

home

家人

jiā rén

family member

在家

zài jiā

to be at home

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