小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town / village 乡村 鄉村 xiāng cūn rustic / village / countryside syn 村子 cūn zi village syn 村庄 村莊 cūn zhuāng village / hamlet / CL:座[zuo4] syn 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 农村 農村 nóng cūn rural area / village / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 村落 cūn luò village syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 山村 shān cūn mountain village syn 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 田间 田間 tián jiān field / farm / farming area / village syn 同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province syn 村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin syn 乡镇 鄉鎮 xiāng zhèn village / township syn 乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn 村委会 村委會 cūn wěi huì village committee 乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn 村寨 cūn zhài (stockaded) village syn 本乡 本鄉 běn xiāng home village / one's native place syn 村里 cūn lǐ village / hamlet 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 乡长 鄉長 xiāng zhǎng village chief / mayor (of village or township) 地球村 dì qiú cūn global village 城中村 chéng zhōng cūn village within a city / shantytown / ghetto 百花园 百花園 bǎi huā yuán Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村[Hong2 miao4 cun1], Shandong 新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 荒村 huāng cūn an abandoned village syn 奥运村 奧運村 ào yùn cūn Olympic Village 聚落 jù luò settlement / dwelling place / town / village syn 龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 丰沛 豐沛 fēng pèi copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3] / fig. majestic syn 农村信用合作社 農村信用合作社 self-financing village group 杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4]) 接生婆 jiē shēng pó midwife 浩特 hào tè nomadic camp / town or village (Mongolian: khot) 乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit) syn 庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 助产士 助產士 zhù chǎn shì midwife syn 屯 tún to station (soldiers) / to store up / village syn 邑 yì city / village syn 屯子 tún zi village syn 闾 閭 lǘ gate of a village / village syn 吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community 产婆 產婆 chǎn pó midwife syn 墟 xū ruins / (literary) village / variant of 圩[xu1] / country fair syn 疃 tuǎn village / animal track 书会 書會 shū huì calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old) 引狗入寨 yǐn gǒu rù zhài lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble 村级工作人员 cūn jí gōng zuò rén yuán village-level worker / village worker / village agent 閈 hàn gate of village / village 三家村 sān jiā cūn (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution syn 村证房 村證房 cūn zhèng fáng "village-certificated house", residence supposedly only transferable to other village residents but often sold on the open market 一村一品 yī cūn yī pǐn One Village One Product / One Village One Product Movement 废除切割女性生殖器官习俗村示范项目 廢除切割女性生殖器官習俗村示範項目 Female Genital Mutilation Free Village Model Project / FGM Free Village Model Project 串乡 串鄉 chuàn xiāng to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist) 堡子 bǔ zi village or town surrounded by earthen walls / village / Taiwan pr. [bao3 zi5] 催生婆 cuī shēng pó midwife who induces labor 收生婆 shōu shēng pó midwife syn 稳婆 穩婆 wěn pó midwife (old term) 辅助助产士 輔助助產士 auxiliary nurse midwife 助产士助理 助產士助理 midwife aid 板门店停战村 板門店停戰村 bǎn mén diàn tíng zhàn cūn Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea 太石村 tài shí cūn Taishi village (in Guangdong province) 庉 dùn a village / to dwell together 中兴新村 中興新村 zhōng xīng xīn cūn Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan 刘家村 劉家村 liú jiā cūn Liujia village in Zhangdian District 張店區|张店区[Zhang1 dian4 Qu1] of Zhibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong 同乡亲故 同鄉親故 tóng xiāng qīn gù fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home 少数民族乡 少數民族鄉 shǎo shù mín zú xiāng ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county) 文部 wén bù Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet / Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office 文部乡 文部鄉 wén bù xiāng Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet 村村寨寨 cūn cūn zhài zhài every village and stockade (idiom) syn 东乡 東鄉 dōng xiāng Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi 东头村 東頭村 dōng tóu cūn Tung Tau Tseun village, Hong Kong Island 武功镇 武功鎮 wǔ gōng zhèn Wugong village in Shaanxi 洪庙村 洪廟村 hóng miào cūn Hongmiao village in Mudan District 牡丹區|牡丹区[Mu3 dan5 Qu1] of Heze City, Shandong 乌什塔拉 烏什塔拉 wū shén tǎ lā Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang 乌什塔拉回族乡 烏什塔拉回族鄉 wū shén tǎ lā huí zú xiāng Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang 乌什塔拉乡 烏什塔拉鄉 wū shén tǎ lā xiāng Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang 生达乡 生達鄉 shēng dá xiāng Sinda village in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet 申根 shēn gēn Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区[Shen1 gen1 qu1] 扎欧扎翁 紮歐紮翁 zā ōu zā wēng name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet 耿饼 耿餅 gěng bǐng dried persimmon (from Geng village, Heze 荷澤|荷泽, Shandong) 贝利卡登 貝利卡登 bèi lì kǎ dēng Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band 乡人子 鄉人子 xiāng rén zǐ young fellow countryman / young person from the same village 乡曲 鄉曲 xiāng qū remote village syn 鄕 xiāng variant of 鄉|乡[xiang1] / country / village 金田村 jīn tián cūn Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平[Gui4 ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港[Gui4 gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] rebellion in 1851 马草夼 馬草夼 mǎ cǎo kuǎng Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong 马草夼村 馬草夼村 mǎ cǎo kuǎng cūn Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong 盐井乡 鹽井鄉 yán jǐng xiāng Yanjing village, common place name 龙羊 龍羊 lóng yáng Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai 德托普村基金会 Daytop Village Foundation, Inc. 农村储蓄和信用机构 village savings and credit institution 村录像网 cūn lù xiàng wǎng Village Video Network 全球村游戏 quán qiú cūn yóu xì Global Village Game 