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乡

xiāng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鄉

What 乡 means

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

Example sentences

• 入乡随俗。
  Rùxiāngsuísú.
  When in Rome, do as the Romans.
• 她住在乡下。
  She lives in the country.
• 乡间有很多树。
  Xiāngjiān yǒu hěn duō shù.
  A lot of trees grow in the countryside.
• 汤姆回乡下了。
  Tom went back to his hometown.
• 我在乡下长大。
  I grew up in the country.
• 汤姆是个乡巴佬。
  Tāngmǔ shì gè xiāngbālǎo.
  Tom is a hick.

Words starting with 乡

• 乡镇xiāng zhèntownships and towns…
• 乡村xiāng cūnrustic; village; countryside
• 乡下xiāng xiacountryside; rural area
• 乡亲xiāng qīnfellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager
• 乡里xiāng lǐone's home town or village
• 乡间xiāng jiānin the country; rural; pastoral
• 乡下人xiāng xià réncountry folk; rustic; rural folk
• 乡土xiāng tǔnative soil; one's native land; one's hometown
• 乡长xiāng zhǎngvillage chief; mayor (of village or township)
• 乡愁xiāng chóuhomesickness; nostalgia
• 乡音xiāng yīnlocal accent; accent of one's native place
• 乡人xiāng rénvillager; fellow villager
• 乡情xiāng qínghomesickness
• 乡民xiāng mínvillager; (Taiwan; net slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their…
• 乡巴佬xiāng ba lǎo(derog.) country bumpkin; hick
• 乡绅xiāng shēna scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
• 乡邻xiāng línfellow villager
• 乡愿xiāng yuàn(literary) hypocrite; two-faced person
• 乡曲xiāng qūremote village
• 乡气xiāng qìrustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
• 乡试xiāng shìthe triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
• 乡谈xiāng tánlocal dialect
• 乡医xiāng yīabbr. of 乡村医生
• 乡贯xiāng guànone's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace

Words containing 乡

• 家乡jiā xiānghometown; native place
• 故乡gù xiānghome; homeland; native place
• 老乡lǎo xiāngfellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
• 城乡chéng xiāngcity and countryside
• 下乡xià xiāngto go to the countryside
• 他乡tā xiāngforeign land; away from one's native place
• 异乡yì xiāngforeign land; a place far from home
• 同乡tóng xiāngperson from the same village, town, or province
• 梦乡mèng xiāngthe land of dreams; slumberland
• 水乡shuǐ xiāngpatchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu; same as 江南水乡
• 异国他乡yì guó tā xiāngforeign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
• 上山下乡shàng shān xià xiāngto work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for…
• 思乡sī xiāngto be homesick
• 返乡fǎn xiāngto return to one's home town
• 入乡随俗rù xiāng suí súWhen you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do…
• 东乡Dōng xiāngDongxiang ethnic group; see 东乡族自治县; see 东乡区
• 背井离乡bèi jǐng lí xiāngto leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
• 还乡huán xiāng(literary) to return to one's native place
• 外乡人wài xiāng réna stranger; out-of-towner
• 穷乡僻壤qióng xiāng pì rǎnga remote and desolate place
• 家乡话jiā xiāng huànative language; native dialect
• 山乡shān xiāngmountain area
• 外乡wài xiānganother part of the country; some other place
• 怀乡huái xiānghomesick

Characters that look like 乡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 丰fēngluxuriant; buxom; variant of 丰

Sounds the same

Read xiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 箱box; trunk; chest
• 香fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 厢box (in theater); side room; side
• 镶to inlay; to embed; ridge
• 襄(literary) to assist
• 缃light yellow color
• 芗aromatic herb used for seasoning; variant of 香
• 骧(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
• 忀to stroll; to ramble
• 欀inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction…
• 𬙋cord to hold up sleeves