乡
乡
xiāng
country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
Traditional: 鄉
Definitions
- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)
Example Sentences
他离开家乡已经十年了。
Tā líkāi jiāxiāng yǐjīng shí nián le
He has left his hometown for ten years
Words Containing 乡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 下乡 | xià xiāng | to go to the countryside | |
| 串乡 | chuàn xiāng | to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist) | |
| 七美乡 | Qī měi xiāng | Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan | |
| 七股乡 | Qī gǔ xiāng | Chiku township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan | |
| 三星乡 | Sān xīng xiāng | Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan |
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Related Words
侨居(qiáo jū)· to live far away from one's native place
→中兴新村(Zhōng xīng Xīn cūn)· Chung-hsing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan, administrative seat of the Taiwan Provincial Government
→保家卫国(bǎo jiā wèi guó)· guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
→四海为家(sì hǎi wéi jiā)· to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
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