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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xiāng - country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 9,337 2,288 4,981

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Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
乡村 - 5 3,166 5,028 7,100
家乡 5 3 3,987 4,686 4,817
乡下 - 7 5,507 13,124 8,330
乡巴佬 - - 8,163 61,970 40,006
故乡 6 3 9,222 9,160 8,763
- 5 9,337 2,288 4,981
乡下人 - - 13,611 36,050 21,053
乡间 - - 14,763 25,832 22,717
老乡 - 6 20,046 9,890 9,842
梦乡 - - 21,424 29,166 17,656
异乡 - - 22,294 25,361 16,516
乡亲 - 9 22,358 20,350 28,359
背井离乡 - - 25,958 44,280 36,190
入乡随俗 - - 26,011 49,771 31,476
思乡 - - 26,864 44,420 33,392
返乡 - - 30,232 17,517 18,151
他乡 - - 32,064 - -
穷乡僻壤 - - 34,132 65,394 60,072
异国他乡 - - 35,798 - -
乡土 - - 36,422 19,093 20,550
同乡 - - 37,931 18,581 25,562
乡镇 6 - 39,617 4,107 20,051
衣锦还乡 - - 41,640 76,979 -
乡里 - - 41,680 17,404 22,706
乡愁 - - 44,346 41,123 26,088
家乡话 - - 49,627 - -
外乡人 - - 51,644 - -
乡绅 - - 51,696 64,999 67,736
城乡 - 6 54,394 3,865 13,161
还乡 - - 57,907 46,558 29,162
离乡背井 - - 57,992 85,524 74,538
下乡 - 9 59,705 12,154 19,067
山乡 - - 61,348 31,868 57,036
乡民 - - 67,841 51,808 60,231
乡邻 - - 68,474 59,166 78,223
他乡遇故知 - - 91,312 96,495 59,522
本乡 - - 94,091 - -
乡音 - - 94,604 43,215 33,406
异乡人 - - 98,691 - -