乡里

鄉里
xiānglǐ
noun #41,680

Meanings

  1. 1 one's home village
  2. 2 the local community
  3. 3 fellow villagers

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā zài xiānglǐ hěn yǒu wēiwàng.
He is highly respected in his home village.
HSK 7-9
Tā fā le cái yǐhòu, náchū yí dà bǐ qián wèi xiānglǐ xiūlù jiàn qiáo.
After he made his fortune, he gave a large sum of money to build roads and bridges for his home community.

Tips

usage
A word in its own right, not 乡 plus the locative 里: 里 here is the old neighbourhood unit, so 乡里 means the village and the people in it. Set phrases: 横行乡里 'to lord it over the locals', 闻名乡里 'known throughout the area'.

Stroke Order

乡 xiāng
里 lǐ