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Xinxiang, a county in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市, Henan
village / township
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  *乡* | 乡* | *乡
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
local accent / accent of one's native place
Xinfeng or Hsinfeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
village chief / mayor (of village or township)
country music (country & western music genre)
mountain area
city and countryside
HSK 6
Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
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)
a stranger / out-of-towner
Ningxiang, a county-level city in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
foreign land / a place far from home
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area)
to be homesick
Baixiang, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
hometown / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
person from the same village, town, or province
home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
fellow villager
in the country / rural / pastoral
hometown of overseas Chinese
fairyland / honorific: your homeland
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
country folk / rustic / rural folk
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu / same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡
villager / fellow villager
rustic / uncouth / unsophisticated
one's home town or village
(derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin
fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home
HSK 7-9
(HK) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
village doctor (Chinese health care system)
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
rustic / village / countryside
HSK 5
villager; hick
Pingxi or Pinghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
Wuxiang county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
the land of dreams / slumberland
Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Shoufeng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Dawu or Tawu township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Xiushui or Hsiushui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
homesickness / nostalgia
a relative / a family member
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
Yanpu Township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
foreign land / away from one's native place
regional dish / local cuisine
Dongxiang Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州, Gansu
homesickness
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
to return to one's home town
(literary) to return to one's native place
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Shitan or Shihtan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Fenyuan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
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]
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
local dialect
(coll.) country folk / rustic / see also 鄉下人|乡下人
Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Shengang or Shenkang Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Dacheng or Tacheng Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Wanluan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire
Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Wutai township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Wutai township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Tongxiang, a county-level city in Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市, Zhejiang
foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
Fuxing or Fuhsing Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
homesickness

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