家gaa1鄉hoeng1

English

1. hometown
2. ancestral home or town; origin of one's extended family
3. hometown
4. native place
5. figuratively refers to a good's price, which was high when the good was first sold but has since become unreachable due to plunge in price.

量詞 — Classifiers

• 個ge4

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一個人出世、成長嘅地方（量詞：個）
2. 引申指高價買入一樣嘢之後，因為價格大跌而遙不可及嘅回本價格

Examples

• 你啲貨見到家鄉未？

  Have your investments returned to their original value yet?

• 我老咗一定要返去我嘅家鄉㗎。

  When I get old, I will definitely return to my native place. ----

• 我零八年買嗰啲股票，到今日仲未見到家鄉呀！

  The stocks I bought in 2008 are now very faraway from their 'home-town'!

• 台灣是我的家鄉。

  Taiwan is my home.

  Tatoeba · mimosawang CC BY

• 我的家乡非常漂亮。

  My hometown is very pretty.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 你回家乡去住多少天？

  How many days are you going to be visiting your hometown?

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 她被安葬在她的家鄉。

  She was buried in her hometown.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我们第一次参观了他的家乡。

  We visited his home country for the first time.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY