Meaning of 乡村
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- rustic
- village
- countryside
How to use 乡村
乡村 is a noun for rural areas in general, often used in slightly formal or descriptive writing, and it can modify other nouns like 乡村生活 (country life) or 乡村音乐 (country music). Example: 我喜欢安静的乡村生活。(Wǒ xǐhuan ānjìng de xiāngcūn shēnghuó.) I like quiet country life.
乡 (xiāng) is the countryside or home area, as in 家乡 (jiāxiāng), and 村 (cūn) is a village, with the wood radical 木 hinting at trees around houses. Put them together and you get the countryside full of villages.
Common mistake: Learners often write 乡 with an extra stroke or confuse it with 多 because of the similar slanted strokes at the top. Also remember both syllables are first tone, xiāngcūn, not xiǎngcūn like 想 (xiǎng).
乡村 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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乡 xiāng · country or countryside · 3 strokes
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村 cūn · village · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 乡村.
| 家乡 | jiāxiāng | hometown; native place |
| 故乡 | gùxiāng | home; homeland |
| 农村 | nóngcūn | rural area; village |
| 村庄 | cūnzhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 老乡 | lǎoxiāng | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown |
| 城乡 | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 乡下 | xiāngxia | countryside; rural area |
| 乡亲 | xiāngqīn | person from one's hometown or home region; local people; folks |
| 下乡 | xiàxiāng | to go to the countryside |
| 村子 | cūnzi | village |
| 村民 | cūnmín | villager |
| 村里 | cūnlǐ | village; hamlet |
Questions about 乡村
What does 乡村 mean?
乡村 (xiāngcūn) means "rustic; village" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 乡村?
乡村 is made of 2 characters: 乡 (3 strokes), 村 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 乡村 an HSK word?
Yes. 乡村 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 乡村 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 乡村 is written 鄉村.
What is the difference between 乡村 and 农村?
农村 (nóngcūn) stresses farming areas and is the common everyday and administrative word for rural China. 乡村 sounds more neutral or even poetic and focuses on the countryside as a place or lifestyle, as in 乡村风景 (country scenery).
Can 乡村 be used for countryside outside China?
Yes. It works for any country, for example 英国的乡村 (the English countryside). It is also the standard word in 乡村音乐 for American country music.