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

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• 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

1. 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.)