xiāng

country; rural; village

HSK 5 #922

DEFINITIONS

  • country
  • rural
  • village
  • country or countryside
  • native place
  • home village or town
  • township (PRC administrative unit)

STROKES

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WORDS

jiā xiāng hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
gù xiāng home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
镇 xiāng zhèn village; township
村 xiāng cūn rustic; village; countryside
下 xiāng xia countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo (derog.) villager; hick; bumpkin
下人 xiāng xià rén country folk; rustic; rural folk
间 xiāng jiān in the country; rural; pastoral
lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
mèng xiāng the land of dreams; slumberland
yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home
亲 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home
随俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do; When in Rome, do as the Romans do
背井离 bèi jǐng lí xiāng to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
sī xiāng to be homesick
fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town
tā xiāng foreign land; away from one's native place
僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place
异国他 yì guó tā xiāng foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
土 xiāng tǔ native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area)
tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province
衣锦还 yì jǐn huán xiāng to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village
愁 xiāng chóu homesickness; nostalgia
人 wài xiāng rén a stranger; out-of-towner
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