乡 xiāng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
乡亲
xiāngqīn
fellow villagers; local people
Characters in this word
亲 qīn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 村里的乡亲自发筹款，把被洪水冲毁的小桥重新修了起来。 Cūn lǐ de xiāngqīn zìfā chóukuǎn, bǎ bèi hóngshuǐ chōnghuǐ de xiǎoqiáo chóngxīn xiū le qǐlái. The villagers raised money voluntarily and rebuilt the small bridge that had been washed away by the flood.
- 过年回村，乡亲们都拿着自家的菜来看我们。 Guònián huí cūn, xiāngqīnmen dōu názhe zìjiā de cài lái kàn wǒmen. When we went back to the village for the New Year, the villagers all came to see us, bringing vegetables from their own gardens.
- 谢谢各位乡亲这么多年对我家的照顾。 Xièxie gèwèi xiāngqīn zhème duō nián duì wǒ jiā de zhàogù. Thank you, everyone, for looking after my family all these years.
Related words
- 故乡 gùxiāng hometown
- 家乡 jiāxiāng hometown
- 乡 xiāng village; hometown
- 乡村 xiāngcūn countryside
- 老乡 lǎoxiāng fellow townsman; person from the same hometown
- 乡下 xiāngxia countryside; rural area
- 父亲 fùqīn father
- 母亲 mǔqīn mother
- 亲 qīn related by blood
- 亲切 qīnqiè kind and friendly
- 亲人 qīnrén family member; relative
- 亲自 qīnzì personally; by oneself