"Birthplace" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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出生地	chū shēng dì	birthplace
发源地	fā yuán dì	place of origin / birthplace / source
原籍	yuán jí	ancestral home (town) / birthplace
发祥地	fā xiáng dì	the birthplace (of sth good) / the cradle (e.g. of art)
籍贯	jí guàn	one's native place / place of ancestry / registered birthplace
鲁国	Lǔ guó	Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝\|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東\|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
中山	Zhōng shān	refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace / Nakayama (Japanese surname)
斯特拉特福	Sī tè lā tè fú	Stratford (place name) / Stratford-upon-Avon, UK city in Warwickshire and birthplace of William Shakespeare 莎士比亞\|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
中山市	Zhōng shān shì	Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省\|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
摩揭陀	Mó jiē tuó	Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported to be the birthplace of Buddhism
郰	zōu	birthplace of Confucius in Shandong
蓝毗尼	Lán pí ní	Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama 釋迦牟尼\|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2] founder of Buddhism (also written 嵐毘尼\|岚毗尼[Lan2 pi2 ni2], 臘伐尼\|腊伐尼[La4 fa2 ni2], 林微尼[Lin2 wei1 ni2])
乡贯	xiāng guàn	one's native place / place of ancestry / registered birthplace