乡 (xiāng) means Village (town - countryside - township). Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他很怀念家 乡 的味道。
Tā hěn huáiniàn jiāxiāng de wèidào.
He misses the flavours of his hometown.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怀念
他很想念自己的家 乡 。
Tā hěn xiǎngniàn zìjǐ de jiāxiāng.
He misses his hometown.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 家乡
他在 乡 镇工作了十年。
Tā zài xiāngzhèn gōngzuò le shí nián.
He worked at township level for ten years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乡镇
他把父亲埋葬在了故 乡 。
Tā bǎ fùqīn máizàng zài le gùxiāng.
He buried his father in his home town.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 埋葬
这些年 乡 镇的变化很大。
Zhèxiē nián xiāngzhèn de biànhuà hěn dà.
Towns and townships have changed a great deal these years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乡镇
岳母做的菜很有家 乡 味。
Yuèmǔ zuò de cài hěn yǒu jiāxiāng wèi.
His mother-in-law's cooking tastes of home.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岳母
这本书描写了 乡 村的生活。
Zhè běn shū miáoxiě le xiāngcūn de shēnghuó.
This book describes life in the countryside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 描写
他离开故 乡 已经二十年了。
Tā líkāi gùxiāng yǐjīng èrshí nián le.
He has been away from his home town for twenty years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 故乡
这幅画描绘了 乡 村的生活。
Zhè fú huà miáohuì le xiāngcūn de shēnghuó.
This painting depicts life in the countryside.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 描绘
他自豪地介绍了自己的家 乡 。
Tā zìháo de jièshào le zìjǐ de jiāxiāng.
He proudly introduced his home town.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自豪
每次回故 乡 ，他都感慨万分。
Měi cì huí gùxiāng, tā dōu gǎnkǎi wànfēn.
Every time he returns home he is filled with emotion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 故乡
这些年他目睹了家 乡 的变化。
Zhèxiē nián tā mùdǔ le jiāxiāng de biànhuà.
Over these years he has watched his home town change.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 目睹
这首歌表达了对故 乡 的思念。
Zhè shǒu gē biǎodá le duì gùxiāng de sīniàn.
This song expresses longing for one's home town.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 思念
吃到家 乡 菜，他觉得特别过瘾。
Chī dào jiāxiāng cài, tā juéde tèbié guòyǐn.
Eating his home-town food really hit the spot for him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过瘾
这幅画寄托了他对故 乡 的思念。
Zhè fú huà jìtuō le tā duì gùxiāng de sīniàn.
This painting carries his longing for his home town.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寄托
海外同胞也很关心家 乡 的发展。
Hǎiwài tóngbāo yě hěn guānxīn jiāxiāng de fāzhǎn.
Compatriots overseas also care about their home town's development.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 同胞
在他 乡 逢到老同学，真是人生一大幸事。
Zài tāxiāng féng dào lǎo tóngxué, zhēnshi rénshēng yí dà xìngshì.
Running into an old classmate far from home is one of life's great joys.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逢
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Words that contain 乡
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Questions about 乡
How is 乡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 乡 (xiāng, "Village (town - countryside - township)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 乡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 乡 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 乡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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