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Meaning of 乡

Pinyin xiāng、 xiàng

Radical

乙

Strokes

Definition

country / village

Usage

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乡 xiāng 名词 1. 泛指城市外的区域：乡村。穷乡僻壤。 [En.] Refers to areas outside of cities: countryside; remote rural areas. 2. 自己生长的地方或祖籍：家乡。故乡。乡井。乡里（➊家庭久居的地方；➋同乡的人）。乡党（乡里）。乡试。 [En.] One's birthplace or ancestral home: hometown; native place; home village; fellow villager; township exam. 3. 中国行政区划基层单位，属县或县以下的行政区领导。 [En.] A basic administrative unit in China, subordinate to a county or lower administrative area. 4. 乡村，城市外的区域。 [En.] Countryside; rural area; country. 5. 家乡，故乡。在客地称原籍为乡。 [En.] Native place; home village. Refers to one's original home when in a foreign land. 6. 地方;处所。 [En.] Place; location. 7. 某种超现实的境界。 [En.] An unreal delightful country. 8. 同一籍贯的人(在外地时说)。 [En.] Villager; someone from the same place (when in a foreign land). 9. 用作动词，读 xiàng。通“向”。面对着。 [En.] Used as a verb, pronounced xiàng. Meaning to face or confront. 10. 姓。 [En.] A surname.

乌咀乡 wū jǔ xiāng

Wuzui Township

乡宦 xiāng huàn

Eunuch

桐乡 Tóng xiāng

Tongxiang county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang

梦乡 mèng xiāng

the land of dreams / slumberland

穷乡僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng

a remote and desolate place

侨乡 qiáo xiāng

hometown of overseas Chinese

湘乡 Xiāng xiāng

Xiangxiang county level city in Xiangtan 湘潭[Xiang1 tan2], Hunan

异国他乡 yì guó tā xiāng

foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate

他乡遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī

meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

远走他乡 yuǎn zǒu tā xiāng

travel in distant parts

城乡 chéng xiāng

city and countryside

乡村 xiāng cūn

rustic / village / countryside

乡长 xiāng zhǎng

village chief / mayor (of village or township)

故乡 gù xiāng

home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4]

乡镇 xiāng zhèn

village / township

乡镇企业 xiāng zhèn qǐ yè

township enterprise

家乡 jiā xiāng

hometown / native place / CL:個|个[ge4]

水乡 shuǐ xiāng

patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu / same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡[Jiang1 nan2 shui3 xiang1]

乡亲 xiāng qīn

fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home

乡下 xiāng xia

countryside / rural area / CL:個|个[ge4]

安乡 Ān xiāng

Anxiang county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan

老乡 lǎo xiāng

fellow townsman / fellow villager / sb from the same hometown

乡试 xiāng shì

the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

下乡 xià xiāng

to go to the countryside

回乡 huí xiāng

return to one's home village / return home

乡土气息 xiāng tǔ qì xī

Hometown

乡里 xiāng lǐ

one's home town or village

乡政府 xiāng zhèng fǔ

township government

乡下人 xiāng xià rén

country folk / rustic / rural folk

乡绅 xiāng shēn

a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire

民族乡 mín zú xiāng

national township / nationality township

乡巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo

(derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin

萍乡 Píng xiāng

Pingxiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi

萍乡市 Píng xiāng shì

Pingxiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi

返乡 fǎn xiāng

to return to one's home town

还乡 huán xiāng

to return home / fig. to retire from public life

乡邻 xiāng lín

fellow villager

衣锦还乡 yì jǐn huán xiāng

to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory