乡 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

WORDS

家乡 jiā xiāng
HSK 5
hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
故乡 gù xiāng
HSK 6
home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
乡镇 xiāng zhèn
HSK 6
village; township
乡村 xiāng cūn rustic; village; countryside
乡下 xiāng xia countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
乡巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo (derog.) villager; hick; bumpkin
乡下人 xiāng xià rén country folk; rustic; rural folk
乡间 xiāng jiān in the country; rural; pastoral
老乡 lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
梦乡 mèng xiāng the land of dreams; slumberland
异乡 yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home
乡亲 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home
入乡随俗 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
背井离乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
思乡 sī xiāng to be homesick
返乡 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town
他乡 tā xiāng foreign land; away from one's native place
穷乡僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place
异国他乡 yì guó tā xiāng foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
乡土 xiāng tǔ native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area)
同乡 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province
衣锦还乡 yì jǐn huán xiāng to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
乡里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village
乡愁 xiāng chóu homesickness; nostalgia
外乡人 wài xiāng rén a stranger; out-of-towner
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