故乡(gù xiāng): home

Watch how each character of 故乡 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 故乡 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 不由得想起了故乡。

  bù yóu dé xiǎng qǐ le gù xiāng

  I can never forget my hometown.

• 我突然很想念我的故乡。

  wǒ tū rán hěn xiǎng niàn wǒ de gù xiāng

  I suddenly feel nostalgic for my homeland.