Chinese symbol for “homesickness”
乡愁
xiāng chóu
Traditional: 鄉愁
homesickness; nostalgia
The closest CC-CEDICT match for homesickness is 乡愁 (xiāng chóu), defined as: homesickness; nostalgia.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “homesickness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡情 (鄉情) | xiāng qíng | homesickness |
| 思乡病 (思鄉病) | sī xiāng bìng | homesickness |
| 莼鲈之思 (蓴鱸之思) | chún lú zhī sī | (idiom) homesickness |
| 莼羹鲈脍 (蓴羹鱸膾) | chún gēng lú kuài | (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乡愁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 家乡 (家鄉) | jiā xiāng | hometown; native place |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 乡下 (鄉下) | xiāng xia | countryside; rural area |
| 忧愁 (憂愁) | yōu chóu | to be worried |
| 发愁 (發愁) | fā chóu | to worry; to fret |
See also: Japanese symbol for “homesickness”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.