乡
下

Countryside in Chinese: 乡下 (xiāng xia)

xiāng xia

countryside

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鄉下1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1countryside
  2. 2rural area

Stroke order

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乡
下

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ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

˙ㄒㄧㄚ

xia

˙/ neutral toneㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ a

Simplified & traditional

乡下

Simplified

鄉下

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 我小时候住在乡下。

    wǒ xiǎo shí hòu zhù zài xiāng xia。

    When I was little, I lived in the countryside.

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Related words

下

xià

down

乡

xiāng

country or countryside

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

家乡

jiā xiāng

hometown

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

下课

xià kè

to finish class

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