# 老乡 (lǎoxiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老乡 (lǎoxiāng) means “fellow villager; person from the same hometown”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: fellow villager; person from the same hometown
- Pinyin: lǎoxiāng (lao3 xiang1)
- Traditional: 老鄉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 在外地遇到老乡，我很高兴。
  Zài wàidi yùdào lǎoxiāng, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
  I was delighted to meet a fellow villager abroad.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [乡](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-countryside/) (xiāng): countryside; hometown

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-xiang-fellow-villager/

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