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鄉

简乡 · 繁鄉

Mandarin · pinyin xiāng

country or countryside
native place
home village or town
township (PRC administrative unit)

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乡: xiāng · country; rural; village

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1 · xiang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoeng1 · hoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 鄉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

township
countryside; country; rural area
one's native place
place
state; situation
a surname

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 嚮 /向

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 饗 /飨 (xiǎng)

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