鄉下

See also: 乡下

Chinese

	country; village	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (鄉下)	鄉	下
simp. (乡下)	乡	下
anagram	下鄉／下乡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngxia

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ haa^6-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiông-ha

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiong¹ ha⁴
Min Bei (KCR): hióng-à
Min Dong (BUC): hiŏng-â
Min Nan (POJ): hiuⁿ-ē / hiuⁿ-ě / hioⁿ-ēe
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹xian-hho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxia
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiå
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsia⁵
  - Yale: syāng-sya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang.shia
  - Palladius: сянся (sjansja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕjä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ haa^6-2
  - Yale: hēung há
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ haa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ ha^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiong¹ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /çiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ha⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hióng-à
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xiɔŋ⁵⁴ a⁴²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng-â
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋɑ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-ē
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-ē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'e
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² e²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ e³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-ě
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-ě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ e²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-ēe
  - Tâi-lô: hionn-ēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɛ²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹xian-hho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ ɦo²¹/

Noun

鄉下

the countryside; the country; rural area
放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。 [MSC, simp.]
Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

要我說啊，鄉下美麗的田園風光就比風景區的好。 [MSC, trad.]
要我说啊，乡下美丽的田园风光就比风景区的好。 [MSC, simp.]
Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo. [Pinyin]
If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.
(somewhat dialectal) hometown; native land
回鄉下／回乡下 ― huí xiāngxià ― to go back to one's village

你幾耐先返一次鄉下㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你几耐先返一次乡下㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ gei² noi⁶ sin¹ faan¹ jat¹ ci³ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]
How often do you go back to your hometown?
(Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) foreign places where Hong Kongers frequently travel to, especially Japan (see 返鄉下／返乡下)

Synonyms

(countryside):

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Synonyms of 鄉下

山野 (shānyě) (figurative)
村野 (cūnyě)
田野 (tiányě)
草地 (Min Nan)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary)
郊野 (jiāoyě)
野外 (yěwài)
庄跤 (“chng-kha”) (Min Nan)
四鄉／四乡 (sìxiāng) (countryside around a town)

田園／田园 (tiányuán)
田間／田间 (tiánjiān)
莊下／庄下 (Hakka)
農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
鄉社／乡社 (Min Nan)
鄉裡／乡里 (Xiang)
鄉間／乡间 (xiāngjiān) (in the countryside)

(hometown):

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Synonyms of 鄉下

土 (tǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
故土 (gùtǔ)
老家 (lǎojiā)
老屋 (lǎowū) (Hakka)
故里 (gùlǐ)
家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)

故國／故国 (gùguó) (literary)
故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
故鄉／故乡 (gùxiāng)
鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)

Derived terms

鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
鄉下佬／乡下佬 (xiāngxiàlǎo)

鄉下庸／乡下庸
鄉下話／乡下话 (xiāngxiàhuà)

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