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乡
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xiāng · country, village

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HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #5793
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乡
Complete decomposition unavailableThis character is currently indexed as a single visual form.
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3Total strokes

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 乡

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xiāngWords pronounced xiāng
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Example sentences

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Nǐ huí jiā xiāng qù zhù duō shǎo tiān?你回家乡去住多少天？

How many days are you going to be visiting your hometown?

Source: Tatoeba #385101 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bù yóu dé xiǎng qǐ le gù xiāng.不由得想起了故乡。

I can never forget my hometown.

Source: Tatoeba #2394350 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men zài xiāng cūn ān dìng le xià lái.他们在乡村安定了下来。

They settled in the country.

Source: Tatoeba #490047 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yuán lái nǐ hé wǒ shì lǎo xiāng.原来你和我是老乡。

It turns out that you and I come from the same country.

Source: Tatoeba #10537177 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiàng xiāng lǐ de fù mǔ xiě le xìn .我向乡里的父母写了信.

I wrote a letter to my parents at home.

Source: Tatoeba #1406483 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men dìyī cì cān guān le tā de jiā xiāng.我们第一次参观了他的家乡。

We visited his home country for the first time.

Source: Tatoeba #335889 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 乡 in context

  1. Say xiāng, then recall the core meaning: country, village.
  2. Write all 3 strokes while keeping the single-component balanced.
  3. Use it in 家乡 (jiā xiāng), meaning “hometown”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 乡 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.