Over the past two hundred years, many people have moved from the countryside to the cities.
Sentence #424904 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 农村 is built
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农nóngagriculture
农 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
村cūnvillage
木tree · mùMeaning part
寸inch · cùnSound part
木 hints at the meaning (tree); 寸 (cùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with cūn.
How to write 农村
农 6 strokes · 村 7 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 农村 (nóngcūn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
农村 (nóngcūn) means “rural area” or “village”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it nóngcūn: nóng with a 2nd tone, then cūn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 农村 is written 農村. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one rural area is 一个农村 (yí ge nóngcūn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nongcun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 农村 from the suggestions. Typing nongcun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
农村 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
农nóng2nd tone, rising
村cūn1st tone, high and level
