乡

Country or countryside in Chinese: 乡 (xiāng)

xiāng

country or countryside

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 鄉1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1country or countryside
  2. 2native place
  3. 3home village or town
  4. 4township (PRC administrative unit)

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乡

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

乡

Simplified

鄉

Traditional

Example sentences

See 乡 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他离开家乡去大城市工作。

    tā lí kāi jiā xiāng qù dài chéng shì gōng zuò。

    He left his hometown to work in a big city.

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Related words

家乡

jiā xiāng

hometown

故乡

gù xiāng

home

乡村

xiāng cūn

rustic

城乡

chéng xiāng

city and countryside

老乡

lǎo xiāng

fellow townsman

下乡

xià xiāng

to go to the countryside

乡亲

xiāng qīn

fellow countryman (from the same village)

乡下

xiāng xia

countryside

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