故
乡

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gù xiāng

home

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 故鄉1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1home
  2. 2homeland
  3. 3native place

Stroke order

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故
乡

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ㄍㄨˋ

gù

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

故乡

Simplified

故鄉

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 我很想念自己的故乡。

    wǒ hěn xiǎng niàn zì jǐ de gù xiāng。

    I miss my hometown very much.

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Related words

乡

xiāng

country or countryside

故

gù

happening

故事

gù shì

old practice

故意

gù yì

deliberately

家乡

jiā xiāng

hometown

缘故

yuán gù

reason

事故

shì gù

accident

乡村

xiāng cūn

rustic

城乡

chéng xiāng

city and countryside

故障

gù zhàng

malfunction

老乡

lǎo xiāng

fellow townsman

世故

shì gù

the ways of the world

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