乡 – vocab dash

乡xiāng

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Meanings

1. country or countryside

2. native place

3. home village or town

4. township (PRC administrative unit)

Characters used

乡country

Examples3

你nǐ回家huíjiā乡xiāng去qù住zhù多少duōshao天tiān？

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

汤姆Tāngmǔ在zài夏xià休xiū回huí乡xiāng看望kànwàng父母fùmǔ。

Tom returned to his hometown to visit his parents during the summer break.

信息xìnxī产业chǎnyè部bù在zài其qí“十一shíyī五wǔ规划guīhuà”（二èr零líng零líng六liù年nián至zhì二èr零líng一yī零líng年nián）中zhōng立lì誓shì要yào实现shíxiàn村cūn村cūn通电话tōngdiànhuà，乡xiāng乡xiāng能néng上网shàngwǎng。

In its "Eleven Five Plan" (2006 to 2010), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged to implement phone connections in every village and Internet connections in every town.