乡
亲

Fellow countryman (from the same village) in Chinese: 乡亲 (xiāng qīn)

xiāng qīn

fellow countryman (from the same village)

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

Definitions

  1. 1fellow countryman (from the same village)
  2. 2local people
  3. 3villager
  4. 4the folks back home

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乡
亲

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ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄑㄧㄣ

qīn

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

乡亲

Simplified

鄉親

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 村里的乡亲都来帮忙了。

    cūn lǐ de xiāng qīn dōu lái bāng máng le。

    The fellow villagers all came to help.

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Related words

亲

qīn

parent

乡

xiāng

country or countryside

父亲

fù qīn

father

母亲

mǔ qīn

mother

亲戚

qīn qi

a relative (i.e. family relation)

家乡

jiā xiāng

hometown

亲爱

qīn ài

dear

亲切

qīn qiè

amiable

亲自

qīn zì

personally

故乡

gù xiāng

home

亲人

qīn rén

one's close relatives

亲密

qīn mì

intimate

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