同乡会

同鄉會
tóngxiānghuì
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hometown association
  2. 2 native-place association

Examples

HSK 3
Tā zài Běijīng cānjiā le yí ge tóngxiānghuì.
He joined a hometown association in Beijing.
HSK 7-9
Měi nián Chūnjié, tóngxiānghuì dōu huì zǔzhī lǎoxiāngmen yìqǐ chī niányèfàn.
Every Spring Festival, the hometown association brings people from back home together for a New Year dinner.

Tips

history
Migrants and merchants in late imperial and Republican cities relied on 同乡会 and the older 会馆 guild halls for lodging, work and mutual help. Overseas Chinese communities still run many of them.

Stroke Order

同 tóng
乡 xiāng
会 huì