乡愁

鄉愁

xiāngchóu

noun #44,346

Meanings

1 homesickness
2 nostalgia for one's hometown

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

每到中秋节，他的乡愁就更浓了。

Měi dào Zhōngqiūjié, tā de xiāngchóu jiù gèng nóng le.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival his homesickness grows stronger.

HSK 7-9

一碗家乡的面，就能勾起游子的乡愁。

Yì wǎn jiāxiāng de miàn, jiù néng gōuqǐ yóuzǐ de xiāngchóu.

A bowl of noodles from home is enough to stir a traveller's homesickness.

Tips

usage

A literary word for a deep, lasting longing for home. For a plain "I miss home" say 想家.

In Pop Culture

乡愁 Xiāngchóu

Nostalgia (poem)

Poem written in 1972 by 余光中, who left the mainland for Taiwan. It pictures homesickness as a stamp, a boat ticket, a grave and a strait, and is taught in Chinese schools.

Stroke Order

乡 xiāng

愁 chóu