In this paper, we study urban migrants' sense of place in Guangzhou, China, focusing on the structural relations between place attachment, identification and dependence as the three key place dimensions. Through both quantitative structural equation modelling and qualitative analysis of in‐depth interviews data, our research suggests that migrants' sense of place demonstrates complex relationships between the three registers of emotional attachment, identity formation and functional dependence. The construction of sense of place is also related to the personal experiences of living as urban ‘outsiders’. Our research also reveals a striking difference between the city and community levels in terms of the ways in which migrants' sense of place is constructed. Urban migrants tend to exploit the functional utilities of microscopic urban spaces to meet their demands for recreation, education and socialisation. On the other hand, their sense of place to the city is largely compromised by their attachment to the hometown and conditioned by their personal identification to the city. 本文中，我们研究中国广州城市移民的地方感，重点关注地方依恋，认同，依赖这三个重要的地方维度间的结构关系。通过SEM定量分析，以及对深度访谈数据的定性分析，本研究认为移民地方感的建构显示出情感依恋，认同形成和功能依赖这三个维度的复杂关系。地方感的建构和作为城市‘他者’的个人经历息息相关。本研究还表明，在移民地方感的建构方式上，城市和社区尺度之间有惊人的差异。城市移民试图利用城市微观尺度空间的功能以满足他们对娱乐教育和社交的需求。另一方面，他们对于城市的地方感会被他们对家乡的依恋大大削减，同时也会受到其自身对城市认同的影响。