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故乡 gùxiāng

故乡 gùxiāng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 故乡 gùxiāng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gùxiāng | gu4 xiang1
English translation
home
homeland
native place
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

故鄉

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 故乡 gùxiāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

古攵

Number of Strokes

9
xiāng

Explanation

Simplified form of xiāng . Pictograph of two people facing each other, kneeling down to share a meal. Based on the original meaning "feast" or "offer food", now written as xiǎng . The meaning later shifted to "hometown". The traditional component was removed for

Positional decomposition

yāo

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 故乡 gùxiāng

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常常 cháng cháng zài mèng Zhōng huí dào de 故乡 gùxiāng .

I often return in dreams to my hometown.

de 故乡 gùxiāng 伊利诺伊州 Yī lì nuò yī zhōu 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān

My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake.

故乡 gùxiāng Decomposition

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故乡 gùxiāng Compounds

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Once upon a time, a Little Boy was living in a village near the woods. One day, a Dragon came out of the cave secluded in the middle of the forest and began to relentlessly follow the Little Boy, always breathing on the back of his neck, burning the young boy at his slightest misstep.

The child received refuge in an old Temple where there were no mirrors allowed, and it was forbidden to speak of life before entering the sanctum. Ancient books, hidden rooms with unimaginable treasures and beauty beyond comprehension, became part of the boy’s new life.

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Come for Knowledge. Stay for Wisdom.

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