- 城乡 chéngxiāng city and countrysidecity and countryside; town and country; urban and rural areas
- 乡镇 xiāngzhèn townships and villagesvillages and small towns; a general term for rural administrative districts or smaller towns
- 家乡 jiāxiāng hometownhometown; native place; the area where one's family has lived for generations
- 乡村 xiāngcūn countrysidevillage; rural area; the countryside
- 乡镇企业 xiāngzhènqǐyè rural enterprisetownship and village enterprise; small or medium industries located in rural areas of Mainland China
- 乡下 xiāngxia countrysidecountryside; rural area; village
- 故乡 gùxiāng hometownhome; native place; the place where one was born or lived for a long time
- 老乡 lǎoxiāng fellow villagerA person from the same hometown or region; fellow townsman.
- 下乡 xiàxiāng to go to the countrysideto leave the city for the countryside, especially for people such as officials or students to work, provide services, or gain experience
- 乡巴佬 xiāngbalǎo hick(derogatory) a villager or country person; a bumpkin who lacks worldly experience
- 乡里 xiānglǐ hometownone's home village or town; the place where one's family has lived for generations
- 返乡 fǎnxiāng to return to one's hometownto return to one's native place or hometown; to go back to the countryside
- 回乡 huíxiāng to return homeTo return to one's home village, district, or countryside.
- 同乡 tóngxiāng fellow countrymanA person from the same village, town, or province as oneself.
- 乡亲们 xiāngqīnmen fellow villagers; folksFellow villagers, people from one's hometown, or compatriots; often used as a familiar form of address
- 乡土 xiāngtǔ native soilone's native land; home village or hometown
- 水乡 shuǐxiāng water townA region or area characterized by many rivers and lakes; a patchwork of waterways, especially in the [[江南|江南|jiang1 nan2]] region
- 乡亲 xiāngqīn fellow villagerA person from the same village or hometown; fellow townsman
- 乡下人 xiāngxiarén country folkpeople from the countryside; rural folk; countryman
- 异乡 yìxiāng foreign landA place far from home; an alien land or someone else's hometown
- 乡间 xiāngjiān countrysiderural areas; in the country; pastoral setting
- 乡长 xiāngzhǎng township headthe chief administrative official of a rural district or township government
- 新乡 xīnxiāng XinxiangA city and county in Henan Province, China.
- 梦乡 mèngxiāng dreamlandthe state of being fast asleep; slumberland or the land of dreams
- 上山下乡 shàngshānxiàxiāng Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countrysidemovement from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s where urban school-leavers [[知青|知青|zhi1 qing1]] were sent to rural areas for labor
- 山乡 shānxiāng mountain areamountainous area; mountain village
- 萍乡 píngxiāng PingxiangPingxiang, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province [[江西省|江西省|jiang1 xi1 sheng3]]
- 乡人 xiāngrén villagera person living in a village or rural area
- 乡情 xiāngqíng nostalgia for one's hometowna feeling of deep affection or homesickness for one's native place
- 乡愁 xiāngchóu homesicknesshomesickness; nostalgia; the sad feeling of missing one's hometown
- 侨乡 qiáoxiāng hometown of overseas ChineseA region or community where many residents live abroad or where many returned overseas Chinese and their families are concentrated
- 乡音 xiāngyīn local accentthe accent or dialect of one's hometown or native place
- 背井离乡 bèijǐnglíxiāng to leave hometo leave one's native place, especially against one's will; to be forced to live far from home
- 思乡 sīxiāng to be homesickto miss one's hometown; to be homesick
- 桐乡 tóngxiāng Tongxiang (Zhejiang)Tongxiang, a county-level city in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province
- 还乡 huánxiāng to return home(literary) to return to one's native place or hometown
- 入乡随俗 rùxiāngsuísú when in Rome, do as the Romans doto follow local customs; to adapt to the environment one is in
- 外乡 wàixiāng another placea place other than one's hometown; another part of the country
- 西乡 xīxiāng XixiangXixiang County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi; also a common place name throughout China.
- 新乡市 xīnxiāngshì XinxiangXinxiang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province [[河南省|河南省|he2 nan2 sheng3]]
- 乡民 xiāngmín villagercountry person; people living in a village or rural area
- 萍乡市 píngxiāngshì Pingxiang CityPingxiang, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province [[江西省|江西省|jiang1 xi1 sheng3]]
- 东乡 dōngxiāng Dongxiang (ethnic group)an ethnic group living mainly in Gansu Province
- 离乡 líxiāng to leave one's homeTo leave one's hometown or native place
- 乡邻 xiānglín fellow villagerA neighbor living in the same village or hometown area; a person from one's own village.
- 他乡 tāxiāng a foreign landa place away from one's home or native land; an alien place
- 鱼米之乡 yúmǐzhīxiāng land of plentya region rich in natural resources, especially one that produces abundant fish and rice; a fertile and prosperous land
- 穷乡僻壤 qióngxiāngpìrǎng remote and desolate placea remote, desolate, or out-of-the-way region; the middle of nowhere
- 乡绅 xiāngshēn country gentlemana scholar or former government official living in a village; a local member of the gentry who was traditionally respected in their community; a squire
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH