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乡
鄉
xiāng
1. country or countryside
2. native place
3. home village or town
4. township (PRC administrative unit)
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乡
xiāng
country, village; rural
HSK 5 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

下乡
xiàxiāng
to go to the countryside
他乡
tāxiāng
foreign land
仙乡
xiānxiāng
fairyland
侨乡
qiáoxiāng
home town of overseas Chinese
内乡
Nèixiāng
Neixiang county in Nanyang [[南陽|南阳<Nányáng>]], Henan
同乡
tóngxiāng
person from the same village, town, or province
城乡
chéngxiāng
city and countryside
外乡
wàixiāng
another part of the country
梦乡
mèngxiāng
the land of dreams
安乡
Ānxiāng
Anxiang county in Changde [[常德<Chángdé>]], Hunan
家乡
jiāxiāng
hometown
HSK 5
宁乡
Níngxiāng
Ningxiang county in Changsha [[長沙|长沙<Chángshā>]], Hunan
山乡
shānxiāng
mountain area
平乡
Píngxiāng
Pingxiang county in Xingtai [[邢台<Xíngtái>]], Hebei
思乡
sīxiāng
to be homesick
怀乡
huáixiāng
homesick
故乡
gùxiāng
home
HSK 6
新乡
Xīnxiāng
Xinxiang prefecture level city in Henan
本乡
běnxiāng
home village
东乡
Dōngxiāng
Dongxiang or East village (place name)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
921
Word Frequency Rank
1,997 of 84,292

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