他鄉

See also: 他乡

Chinese

he; him; other country; village
trad. (他鄉/他鄕) 他 鄉/鄕
simp. (他乡) 他 乡

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ta1 hiên1 - Chaozhou;
  • ta1 hion1 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character 他 鄉
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 託何切 許良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑ/ /hɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑ/ /hiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑ/ /xiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰa/ /hɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑ/ /xiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑ/ /xĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑ/ /xi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuō xiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
to1 hoeng1

Noun

他鄉

  1. foreign land, away from one's native place
    我現在身在他鄉,非常掛念家人。 [MSC, trad.]
    我现在身在他乡,非常挂念家人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiànzài shēn zài tāxiāng, fēicháng guàniàn jiārén. [Pinyin]
    I'm away from home, and miss my family terribly.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (他鄉):
  • → Japanese: 他(た)郷(きょう) (takyō)
  • → Korean: 타향(他鄕) (tahyang)
  • → Vietnamese: tha hương (他鄉)
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