| 乡 | xiāng | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) |
| 乡村 | xiāng cūn | rustic; village; countryside |
| 乡下 | xiāng xià | country (as opposed to town or city); rural; CL:个 |
| 城乡 | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 下乡 | xià xiāng | to go to the countryside |
| 故乡 | gù xiāng | home; homeland; native place; CL:个 |
| 家乡 | jiā xiāng | hometown; native place; CL:个 |
| 乡亲 | xiāng qīn | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home |
| 老乡 | lǎo xiāng | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown |
| 上山下乡 | shàng shān xià xiāng | to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 乡里 | xiāng lǐ | one's home town or village |
| 乡人 | xiāng rén | a villager; a fellow villager |
| 同乡 | tóng xiāng | person from the same village, town, or province |
| 乡间 | xiāng jiān | in the country; rural; pastoral |
| 乡土 | xiāng tǔ | native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area) |
| 安乡 | Ān xiāng | Anxiang county in Changde 常德, Hunan |
| 乡镇 | xiāng zhèn | village; township |
| 还乡 | huán xiāng | to return home; fig. to retire from public life |
| 新乡 | Xīn xiāng | Xinxiang prefecture level city in Henan |
| 异乡 | yì xiāng | in a foreign land; away from home |
| 山乡 | shān xiāng | mountain area |
| 外乡 | wài xiāng | another part of the country; some other place |
| 萍乡 | Píng xiāng | Pingxiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
| 乡绅 | xiāng shēn | a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire |
| 鱼米之乡 | yú mǐ zhī xiāng | land of fish and rice |
| 东乡 | Dōng xiāng | Dongxiang or East village (place name); Donxiang (ethnic group); Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 抚州, Jiangxi |
| 七美乡 | Qī měi xiāng | Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
| 七股乡 | Qī gǔ xiāng | Chiku township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 三地门乡 | Sān dì mén xiāng | Santimen township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 三星乡 | Sān xīng xiāng | Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 三民乡 | Sān mín xiāng | Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
| 三湾乡 | Sān wān xiāng | Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 三义乡 | Sān yì xiāng | Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 三芝乡 | Sān zhī xiāng | Sanchih township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 下营乡 | Xià yíng xiāng | Hsiaying township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 中埔乡 | Zhōng bù xiāng | Zhongbu or Chungpu township in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 中寮乡 | Zhōng liáo xiāng | Zhongliao or Chungliao township in Nantou county 南投县, central Taiwan |
| 九如乡 | Jiǔ rú xiāng | Chiuju township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 二仑乡 | Èr lún xiāng | Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 二水乡 | Èr shuǐ xiāng | Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 五峰乡 | Wǔ fēng xiāng | Wufeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹县, northwest Taiwan |
| 五结乡 | Wǔ jié xiāng | Wujie or Wuchieh township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 五股乡 | Wǔ gǔ xiāng | Wugu township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 亚曼牙乡 | Yà màn yá xiāng | Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang |
| 仁德乡 | Rén dé xiāng | Jente township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 仁爱乡 | Rén ài xiāng | Renai or Jenai township in Nantou county 南投县, central Taiwan |
| 仁武乡 | Rén wǔ xiāng | Renwu or Jenwu township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Taiwan |
| 仙乡 | xiān xiāng | fairyland; honorific: your homeland |
| 伸港乡 | Shēn gǎng xiāng | Shenkang township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 佳冬乡 | Jiā dōng xiāng | Chiatung township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
