Nounnative place; hometown; birthplace

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How to Use 故乡 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 故乡 with other words naturally.
Verb + Complementwith回到
huí
dào
xiāng
neutral
return to one's hometown
Adjective + Nounwith美丽
měi
de
xiāng
neutral
beautiful hometown
Verb + Objectwith思念
niàn
xiāng
neutral
miss one's hometown
Noun + Nounwith
xiāng
qíng
formalWritten
hometown sentiment

Example Sentences with 故乡

de
xiāng
zài
běi
jīng
My hometown is in Beijing.
jǐn
guǎn
piāo
zài
wài
réng
shí
cháng
huái怀
niàn
xiāng
de
niǎo
niǎo
chuī
yān
Although I wander far from home, I often miss the curling smoke rising from my hometown.
shàng
huí
xiāng
shì
shén
me
shí
hòu
biàn
huà
ma
When was the last time you went back to your hometown? Has it changed a lot?
měi
nián
chūn
jié
huì
huí
xiāng
kàn
wàng
jiā
rén
Every Spring Festival, I return to my hometown to visit my family.
cóng
wèi
yīn
xiāng
de
piān
yuǎn
ér
gǎn
dào
bēi
fǎn
ér
yǐn
wéi
háo
He has never felt inferior because his hometown is remote; on the contrary, he takes pride in it.
xiāng
de
fāng
yán
chéng
zài
zhe
de
wén
huà
yào
men
gòng
tóng
bǎo
The dialect of our hometown carries a unique culture that requires our collective protection.
kāi
xiāng
duō
nián
hòu
duì
de
rán
qīng
After leaving his hometown for many years, his memories of it remain clear.
měi
dāng
bèi
shí
xiǎng
xiǎng
xiāng
de
shān
shuǐ
zǒng
néng
ràng
zhòng
huò
liàng
Whenever I feel exhausted, thinking of the mountains and rivers of my hometown always gives me renewed strength.