返乡

返鄉

fǎnxiāng

verb #30,232

Meanings

1 to return to one's hometown
2 to go back home

Characters

hometown / countryside

Examples

HSK 5

他大学毕业后选择返乡创业。

Tā dàxué bìyè hòu xuǎnzé fǎnxiāng chuàngyè.

After graduating, he chose to return home and start a business.

HSK 7-9

春节期间，几亿人返乡过年。

Chūnjié qījiān, jǐyì rén fǎnxiāng guònián.

During Spring Festival, hundreds of millions of people return home for the New Year.

Tips

usage

返乡 is the formal word you'll see in news headlines - especially around 春运 (the Spring Festival travel rush) and 返乡创业 (returning to one's hometown to start a business, now government-promoted as rural revitalization). For casual speech, 回家 or 回老家 is more natural.

Stroke Order

返 fǎn

乡 xiāng