乡镇 xiāngzhèn▶ Pueblo

Stroke order

乡镇 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 乡 — 3 strokes
• 镇 — 15 strokes

Senses

1. townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions)
2. small towns (general sense)

Related words

• 故乡Ciudad natal
• 镇定Calma, tranquilo
• 镇静Calma, tranquilo
• 家乡Ciudad natal

乡镇 is pronounced xiāngzhèn and means “Pueblo”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 乡镇 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.