# 故乡 (gùxiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 故乡 (gùxiāng) means “hometown; homeland”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hometown; homeland
- Pinyin: gùxiāng (gu4 xiang1)
- Traditional: 故鄉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 每到秋天，我都会想念故乡。
  Měidào qiūtiān, wǒ dōu huì xiǎngniàn gùxiāng.
  Every autumn, I miss my hometown.

## Characters

- [故](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-reason/) (gù): reason; therefore
- [乡](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-countryside/) (xiāng): countryside; hometown

https://hanziro.com/word/gu-xiang-hometown/

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