故鄉
ㄍㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
“hometown; native place; homeland; the place where one was born or grew up.”
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- 故事ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋnarrative; story; tale; old practice; old custom; accident or incident
- 故意ㄍㄨˋ ㄧˋdeliberately; on purpose; intentionally; (law) the mental state of knowingly intending or allowing an outcome
- 家鄉ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄤhometown; native place; the town or village where one was born or grew up
- 鄉親ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣfellow villager; local people; folks from one's hometown; countrymen from the same region.
- 事故ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋan accident; an unexpected harmful event; a mishap; an unforeseen incident
- 偏鄉ㄆㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤrural or remote area; often refers to less developed regions with limited resources or services.
- 故宮ㄍㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥformer imperial palace; the Forbidden City in Beijing; the Palace Museum (Beijing or Taipei)
- 鄉長ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄤˇvillage chief; mayor of a township; (archaic, Taiwan) respectful term for an elder from the same hometown.
- 鄉公所ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇtownship office; local administrative office of a township, handling civil affairs, finance, construction, household registration, and conscription.
- 鄉鎮ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄣˋtownship; a small administrative division in China below county level; a small town or rural town
- 返鄉ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤto return to one's hometown; to go back to one's native place.
- 鄉下ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋcountryside; rural area; the country; area outside cities with more farmland and fewer people.