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  • 1

    n.township; country; countryside; village; rural area

    • yào dà lì tuī guǎng jiā diàn xià xiāng huó dòng

      大力推广家电活动

      We must vigorously promote home appliances to the countryside.

    • tā de chuān zhuó yǒu diǎn r xiāng qì

      穿着有点儿

      She wears country clothes.

    • tā men zhōu mò dào xiāng xia qù wán

      他们周末

      They go to the country for fun on weekends.

  • 2

    n.native place; home village; hometown

    • bèi jǐng lí xiāng

      leave one's native place

    • gù xiāng

      hometown

    • lǎo xiāng

      老乡

      fellow townsman

  • 3

    n.township (a rural administrative unit under the county)

    • zhè lǐ shì mó fàn xiāng

      这里模范

      This is model township.

    • zhè yàng de xiāng zhèng fǔ shì zhēn zhèng mó fàn de xiāng zhèng fǔ

      这样政府真正模范政府

      Such township governments are really models.

    • běn xiàn xiá yǒu gè xiāng

      27

      There are 27 townships under the jurisdiction of this county.

  • 4

    n.land or place famous for producing something

    • yú mǐ zhī xiāng

      the land of fish and rice

    • chá xiāng

      the land of tea

Words and phrases with 乡

  • 乡党
    [word]townsman; village community
  • 乡土音
    [word]provincial accent
  • 乡邮
    [word]rural postal service
  • 乡味
    [word]home grown product
  • 乡情
    [word]homesickness
  • 乡愿
    [word]hypocrite
  • 乡谊
    [word]close feelings of fellowship among people from the same locality
  • 乡巴佬
    [word]bumpkin
  • 乡村音乐
    [word]country music
  • 乡规民约
    [idiom]traditional rules and regulations that govern the inhabitants of a township

Word usage

  • "乡" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one township

Similar-form characters to 乡

Chinese Characters with pinyin xiāng

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