乡
xiāng
country or countryside
native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
a picture of 乡 → the native place where roots are tied
The character originally depicted two intertwined threads or small things facing each other, suggesting the close-knit, intimate bonds of a home community. The modern form is simplified, so the visual logic is faint, but the sense of belonging and rootedness remains.
他很想念家乡的味道。
tā hěn xiǎng niàn jiā xiāng de wèi dào。
He misses the flavors of his hometown very much.
很多年轻人离开农村去城市，乡里的人越来越少。
hěn duō nián qīng rén lí kāi nóng cūn qù chéng shì，xiāng lǐ de rén yuè lái yuè shǎo。
Many young people leave the countryside for the city, and there are fewer and fewer people in the township.
Words with 乡
返乡
fǎn xiāng
to return to one's home town
造桥乡
zào qiáo xiāng
Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
达仁乡
dá rén xiāng
Daren or Tajen township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
还乡
huán xiāng
(literary) to return to one's native place
还乡女
huán xiāng nǚ
(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
乡间
xiāng jiān
in the country
乡下
xiāng xia
countryside
乡下人
xiāng xià rén
country folk
乡下佬
xiāng xia lǎo
villager; hick
乡下习气
xiāng xià xí qì
country manners; provincialism
乡人
xiāng rén
villager
乡人子
xiāng rén zǐ
young fellow countryman