| 鄉 | 1448C45 93S.22-3 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄒㄧㄤ [xiang1] (*ㄒㄧㄤˋ [xiang4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Village 鄉村 [xiang1cun1], 鄉下 [xiang1xia4]↓. (2) Native place or district: 鄉里，鄉井 [xiang1li3], [xiang1jing3]↓; 故鄉，家鄉 home district; 鄉親，老鄉，同鄉 person from the same home district; 衣 ([yi4] 錦還鄉 return of the home town boy who made good; 離鄉（背井）go abroad from native place (cf. 鄉井 [xiang1jing3]↓); 本鄉本土 home town. (3) District, region: 他鄉，異鄉，客鄉 place away from home, foreign place or country; 入鄉隨俗 when in Rome, do as the Romans do. | |||||
| V.i. | (*[xiang4]) As rare var. of 嚮 and 向 to face, facing, in 鄉壁虛構，鄉方 (AC) (＝向壁，向方). | |||||
| Words | 1. 鄉親 [xiang1qin0], n., fellow citizen of the same district. 2. 鄉愁 [xiang1chou2], n., nostalgia. 3. 鄉曲 [xiang1qU3], n., village; 鄉曲之士a village schoolmaster, a man of narrow culture. 4. 鄉黨 [xiang1dang3], n., village people. 5. 鄉弟 [xiang1di4], n., (1) younger person of same district; (2) (self-reference) your younger brother of the same district. 6. 鄉貫 [xiang1guan4], n., person's nativity. 7. 鄉關 [xiang1guan1], n., home town. 8. 鄉國 [xiang1guo2], n., home district. 9. 鄉宦 [xiang1huan4], n., village gentry who has held official position. 10. 鄉戶 [xiang1hu4], n., village resident; village population. 11. 鄉長 [xiang1zhang3], n., (1) village elder; (2) administrative chief of village. 12. 鄉鎮 [xiang1zhen4], n., a hamlet. 13. 鄉井 [xiang1jing3], n., “village and well”－home town. 14. 鄉姪 [xiang1zhi2], n., a member of younger generation from same district; oft. used in self-reference. 15. 鄉聚 [xiang1jU4], n., (AC) village, hamlet. 16. 鄉老兒 [xiang1lao3er0], n., see [xiang1xia4lao3er0]↓. 17. 鄉里 [xiang1li3], n., (1) village; (2) village people. 18. 鄉民 [xiang1min2], n., villagers, peasants, rustic people. 19. 鄉末 [xiang1mo4], n., (court. self-reference) a person of same home town. 20. 鄉評 [xiang1ping2], phr., gen. reputation of person in home town－a method for selection of officials in 3rd-5th cen. A.D. 21. 鄉人 [xiang1ren2], n., (1) a villager; (2) people of the same district. 22. 鄉紳 [xiang1shen1], n., local gentry. 23. 鄉下 [xiang1xia4], n., the countryside; 鄉下人，鄉下老兒 ([xiang1xia4lao3er0]) a country bumpkin. 24. 鄉賢 [xiang1xian2], n., an honored and respected gentleman of the town or village. 25. 鄉塾 [xiang1shu2], n., private village school. 26. 鄉試 [xiang1shi4], n., formerly, triennial examination in each province for the second degree of 舉人. 27. 鄉俗 [xiang1su2], n., local customs. 28. 鄉談 [xiang1tan2], n., local patois. 29. 鄉村 [xiang1cun1], n., village, hamlet; rustic area. 30. 鄉望 [xiang1wang4], n., public esteem enjoyed in home town. 31. 鄉味 [xiang1wei4], n., home-grown product. 32. 鄉誼 [xiang1yi4], n., relationship of being from same town or village. 33. 鄉音 [xiang1yin1], n., local accent. 34. 鄉愿 [xiang1yUan4], n., (AC) the correctly behaved hypocrite; local conformist. 35. 鄉愚 [xiang1yU2], phr., the ignorant rustics. | |||||