故里

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad. (故里)		故	里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gùlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ lei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gùlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gùlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ku⁴-li³
  - Yale: gù-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhlii
  - Palladius: гули (guli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu³ lei⁵
  - Yale: gu léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu³ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ lei̯¹³/

Noun

故里

native place; hometown
- 1987, “大約在冬季”, performed by 齊秦:
  
  你問我何時歸故里　我也輕聲地問自己 [MSC, trad.]
  你问我何时归故里　我也轻声地问自己 [MSC, simp.]
  nǐ wèn wǒ héshí guī gùlǐ, wǒ yě qīngshēng dì wèn zìjǐ [Pinyin]
  You asked me when I would return home; and I quietly asked myself as well

Synonyms

土 (literary, or in compounds)
家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
故國／故国 (gùguó) (literary)
故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
故土 (gùtǔ)
故鄉／故乡 (gùxiāng)
老家 (lǎojiā)
老屋 (Hakka)
鄉下／乡下
鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
故	里
ふる Grade: 5	さと Grade: 2
irregular	kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 故里 – see the following entry.

【ふるさと】

[noun] a homeland, hometown (place one was born and/or raised)

[noun] a familiar place one has lived, stayed, or visited in the past

[noun] an ancient city, usually crumbling or already in ruins, that once prospered

[noun] (figurative) a holy ground

[noun] (archaic) one's house or home

[noun] (slang) female genitalia

[proper noun] 古郷, 古里, 故里, 生琉里, 生硫里: a placename

Alternative spellings
古里, 故郷, 古郷, 生琉里, 生硫里

(This term, 故里, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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