| 家乡 | jiā xiāng | hometown / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 故里 | gù lǐ | hometown / native place | |
| 老乡 | lǎo xiāng | fellow townsman / fellow villager / sb from the same hometown | |
| 侨乡 | qiáo xiāng | hometown of overseas Chinese | |
| 乡土 | xiāng tǔ | native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) | |
| 祖籍 | zǔ jí | ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) | |
| 关山 | guān shān | fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown | |
| 故园 | gù yuán | one's hometown | |
| 衣锦还乡 | yì jǐn huán xiāng | to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / to return in glory | |
| 衣锦荣归 | yī jǐn róng guī | to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / to return in glory | |
| 家乡鸡 | jiā xiāng jī | hometown chicken (item on a menu) | |
| 曲阜 | Qū fù | Qufu, county-level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong / hometown of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] | |
| 曲阜孔庙 | Qū fù Kǒng miào | temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu | |
| 曲阜市 | Qū fù Shì | Qufu, county-level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong / hometown of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] | |
| 无颜见江东父老 | wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo | (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat) | |
