乡

Meaning(noun)

country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)

Common: 家乡, 老乡 (person from the same hometown), 乡下, 城乡.

Examples

• 他离开家乡已经十年了。

  tā lí kāi jiā xiāng yǐ jīng shí nián le.

  He left his hometown ten years ago.

• 这个乡有五个村子。

  zhè ge xiāng yǒu wǔ gè cūn zǐ.

  This township has five villages.

• 城乡差别越来越小。

  chéng xiāng chā bié yuè lái yuè xiǎo.

  The urban-rural gap is getting smaller.

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