Chinese word

村

Pronunciation

Pinyincūn

Meaning

  • nounvillage

Example

我们要回村里过年。wǒ men yào huí cūn lǐ guò nián

We are going back to the village to celebrate the New Year.

Illustration for 村 (village)

More examples

村里的人都互相认识。cūn lǐ de rén dōu hù xiāng rèn shí

Everyone in the village knows each other.

Core concept

A small rural cluster of homes that forms a shared place for local life.

Common phrases

  • 回村里huí cūn lǐ

    go back to the village

  • 在村里zài cūn lǐ

    in the village

  • 农村nóng cūn

    countryside

Similar words

农村nóng cūn: A broad rural area centered on farming and country life.
村子cūn zi: A casual term for a small village or rural settlement.
村里cūn lǐ: The village area and the people who live in that local community.

Definition in Chinese

较小的居住聚落，通常由若干户人家组成，以农业或乡村生活为主，并具有村民和公共活动场所。jiào xiǎo de jū zhù jù luò tōng cháng yóu ruò gān hù rén jiā zǔ chéng yǐ nóng yè huò xiāng cūn shēng huó wéi zhǔ bìng jù yǒu cūn mín hé gōng gòng huó dòng cháng suǒ

Word origin

村 (cūn, "village") is a phonetic-semantic character in which 木 (mù, "tree") gives a rural setting and 寸 (cùn, "inch") mainly supplies the sound.

Usage tips

  • In location phrases, this noun often appears without an English-style article, so expressions meaning "in the village" and "to the village" use the location marker directly with the noun.

Other meanings

  • settlementnoun

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