家乡 meaning and pronunciation

家乡
Simplified word
家鄉
Traditional word

家乡 English definition

jiā xiāng

  • hometown
  • native place
  • CL:个

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  • (jiā): home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4];
  • (xiāng): country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit);