乡 (xiāng) is a Chinese word meaning “country or countryside; native place; home village or town”.
Meanings
- 1country or countryside
- 2native place
- 3home village or town
- 4township (PRC administrative unit)
- Part of speech
- noun
Related words
乡村rustic家乡hometown乡下countryside乡巴佬(derog.) country bumpkin; hick故乡home乡下人country folk乡间in the country老乡fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown梦乡the land of dreams异乡foreign land乡亲fellow countryman (from the same village)背井离乡to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)