# 城乡 (chéngxiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 城乡 (chéngxiāng) means “urban and rural; city and countryside”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: urban and rural; city and countryside
- Pinyin: chéngxiāng (cheng2 xiang1)
- Traditional: 城鄉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 现在城乡之间的差距正在缩小。
  Xiànzài chéngxiāng zhījiān de chājù zhèngzài suōxiǎo.
  The gap between urban and rural areas is shrinking.

## Characters

- [城](https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-city/) (chéng): city; town
- [乡](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-countryside/) (xiāng): countryside; hometown

https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-xiang-urban-and-rural/

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