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“countryside” in Chinese

Chinese

Also乡村 (xiāng cūn) · 农村 (nóng cūn)

Pinyinxiāng xià

我小时候常在乡下玩。wǒ xiǎo shí hòu cháng zài xiāng xià wán

I often played in the countryside when I was a child.

“Countryside” in Chinese is 乡下 (xiāng xià).

The nonurban side of the landscape: a lived-in place of farms, villages, and open space.

过年我们都回乡下吃团圆饭。guò nián wǒ men dōu huí xiāng xià chī tuán yuán fàn

At New Year, we all go back to the countryside for a reunion dinner.

In everyday conversation, 乡下 (xiāngxià, "countryside") commonly contrasts with the city and can include an ordinary village area, so it does not require a remote or untouched landscape.

xiāng cūn

nouncountryside

我周末常常回乡村看望爷爷。wǒ zhōu mò cháng cháng huí xiāng cūn kàn wàng yé yé

I often go back to the countryside on weekends to visit my grandfather.

nóng cūn

nouncountryside

周末我回到农村。zhōu mò wǒ huí dào nóng cūn

I return to the countryside on weekends.