# 下乡 (xiàxiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下乡 (xiàxiāng) means “to go to the countryside”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to go to the countryside
- Pinyin: xiàxiāng (xia4 xiang1)
- Traditional: 下鄉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 医生们下乡开展义诊活动。
  Yīshēngmen xiàxiāng kāizhǎn yìzhěn huódòng.
  The doctors went to the countryside to offer free clinics.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [乡](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-countryside/) (xiāng): countryside; hometown

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-xiang-go-countryside/

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