In or towards the United States — said by Americans who are somewhere else. That last part is the whole point of the word. It carries a feeling of looking back home across the ocean, so it is used mostly by American soldiers posted abroad, and by Americans living or travelling overseas. A soldier in Germany says "I fly stateside next month" or "my family is stateside".

In or towards the United States在美國，或朝美國去 — said by Americans who are somewhere else.——是人在其他地方的美國人會用的說法。 That last part is the whole point of the word.最後那一點正是這個字的重點。 It carries a feeling of looking back home across the ocean它帶著一種隔著大海回望家鄉的感覺, so it is used mostly by American soldiers posted abroad, and by Americans living or travelling overseas.，所以主要是派駐海外的美國軍人，還有旅居或旅行海外的美國人在用。 A soldier in Germany says "I fly stateside next month"在德國的軍人會說「I fly stateside next month我下個月飛回美國」 or "my family is stateside".或「my family is stateside我家人在美國」。

It works two ways in a sentence. As an adverb it means to or in the US and needs no preposition: go stateside, back stateside, ship it stateside. As an adjective it sits in front of a noun: a stateside address, stateside prices, my stateside phone number.

It works two ways in a sentence.它在句子裡有兩種用法。 As an adverb it means to or in the US and needs no preposition當副詞用的時候，意思是「到／在美國」，前面不需要介系詞 : go stateside, back stateside, ship it stateside.：go stateside回美國、back stateside回到美國、ship it stateside運回美國。 As an adjective it sits in front of a noun當形容詞用的時候，放在名詞前面 : a stateside address, stateside prices, my stateside phone number.：a stateside address美國的地址、stateside prices美國的價格、my stateside phone number我在美國的電話號碼。

The capital letter is optional — stateside and Stateside are both common.

The capital letter is optional字首要不要大寫是可以選的 — stateside and Stateside are both common.——stateside和Stateside兩種寫法都很常見。

The tone is relaxed and slightly military; you would not write it in a formal report, where you would just write "in the United States".

The tone is relaxed and slightly military語氣是輕鬆的，還帶點軍旅味; you would not write it in a formal report, where you would just write "in the United States".；你不會把它寫進正式報告，那種場合你就會直接寫「in the United States」。

Though actually, outside American mouths the word sounds odd. If a Taiwanese student who has never lived in the US says "I'm going stateside", it will sound like a line borrowed from a film. Understand it when you hear it; you rarely need to say it.

Though actually不過其實, outside American mouths the word sounds odd.，這個字從非美國人嘴裡說出來會顯得怪怪的。 If a Taiwanese student who has never lived in the US says "I'm going stateside"如果一個從沒住過美國的台灣學生說「I'm going stateside」, it will sound like a line borrowed from a film.，聽起來就會像是從電影裡借來的台詞。 Understand it when you hear it聽到的時候聽得懂就好; you rarely need to say it.；你很少會需要自己說出來。