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hometown / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *乡* | 乡* | *乡
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
rustic / village / countryside
HSK 5
city and countryside
HSK 6
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
Neixiang county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
village / township
native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area)
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
mountain area
Jinxiang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
foreign land / away from one's native place
in the country / rural / pastoral
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
one's home town or village
person from the same village, town, or province
Xiangxiang, county-level city in Xiangtan 湘潭, Hunan
the land of dreams / slumberland
hometown of overseas Chinese
homesickness
(literary) to return to one's native place
to be homesick
lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / fig. to return home after making good / Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
Pingxiang county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
to return to one's home town
another part of the country / some other place
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
local accent / accent of one's native place
villager / fellow villager
(derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin
Xixiangtang District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Baixiang county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Wuxiang county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
Liangxiang town in Beijing municipality
home village / one's native place
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
village chief / mayor (of village or township)
Anxiang county in Changde 常德, Hunan
foreign land / a place far from home
a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
Xiangcheng county (Tibetan: phyag 'phreng rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu / same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡
homesick
When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
a remote and desolate place
fellow villager
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
remote village
far from town / out-of-the-way place
local dialect
(literary) hypocrite / two-faced person
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
stranger
rustic / uncouth / unsophisticated
Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
one's native place / place of ancestry / registered birthplace
Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Xinxiang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
a stranger / out-of-towner
country folk / rustic / rural folk
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
(literary) hometown; native place
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. to 住建部)
Tongxiang, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴, Zhejiang
a relative / a family member
Tongxiang, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴, Zhejiang
Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
Anxiang county in Changde 常德, Hunan
regional dish / local cuisine
Jinxiang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
Pingxiang county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Xiangxiang, county-level city in Xiangtan 湘潭, Hunan
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
person from the same province
native language / native dialect
Baixiang county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Xinxiang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡, Henan
rural township in Miaoli County 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
cottage cheese
Jinfeng or Chinfeng township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Lucao or Lutsao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Ji'an or Chi'an township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Pitou Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan

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