水乡

水鄉

shuǐxiāng

noun

Meanings

1 region of rivers, lakes and canals
2 water town

Characters

countryside; village

Examples

HSK 5

江南水乡的居民大多住在河边，出门常常坐船。

Jiāngnán shuǐxiāng de jūmín dàduō zhù zài hébiān, chūmén chángcháng zuòchuán.

In the water country of Jiangnan, most people live by a river and often get around by boat.

HSK 7-9

乌镇是一座美丽的水乡小镇。

Wūzhèn shì yí zuò měilì de shuǐxiāng xiǎozhèn.

Wuzhen is a beautiful little water town.

Tips

culture

The classic image is 江南水乡, the canal country south of the lower Yangtze: towns of stone bridges, boats and whitewashed houses along the water, such as 周庄, 乌镇 and 同里. One of these old towns is a 水乡古镇.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

乡 xiāng