鄉下佬

Chinese

		the countryside; the country; rural area the countryside; the country; rural area; hometown; native land	man; guy
trad. (鄉下佬)		鄉下	佬
simp. (乡下佬)		乡下	佬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngxiàlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ haa^6-2 lou²
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiŏng-â-lē̤
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shian-gho-lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxiàlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiàlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsia⁴-lao³
    • Yale: syāng-syà-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshiahlao
    • Palladius: сянсялао (sjansjalao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxiàlǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiàlǎor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsia⁴-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syāng-syà-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshiahlaol
    • Palladius: сянсялаор (sjansjalaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 lou²
    • Yale: hēung há lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ ha^6-2 lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵ lou̯³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng-â-lē̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋa²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃œ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-gho-lau
    • MiniDict: shian^平 gho lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-hho-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ ɦo³³ lɔ²¹/

Noun

鄉下佬

1. (derogatory) country bumpkin; yokel

Synonyms

• 內山倯／内山倯 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 內山猴／内山猴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 山猴 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 山龜／山龟 (Hokkien)
• 怯子 (qièzi)
• 牛子 (niúzǐ) (archaic)
• 鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
• 鄉佬／乡佬 (xiānglǎo)
• 野人 (yěrén)
• 阿土 (ātǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 土包子 (“country bumpkin; hick; yokel; rube”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		土包子, 鄉巴佬
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鄉熊
	Wuhan	鄉巴佬, 鄉裡人
	Huanggang	鄉巴佬, 老冤, 鄉裡老冤
	Tianmen	鄉巴佬
	Chengdu	鄉巴佬, 鄉巴佬兒
	Hanyuan	鄉巴佬
	Guiyang	鄉巴佬, 農村人
	Kunming	鄉巴佬
	Liuzhou	鄉伯, 鄉裡人
	Xuzhou	鄉巴佬, 鄉來老冤, 鄉來人
	Yangzhou	鄉巴佬
	Nanjing	農村人
Gan	Nanchang	鄉巴佬
	Lichuan	農啞子
Hakka	Meixian	山巴佬, 山牯
	Yudu	鄉巴佬
Huizhou	Jixi	鄉下佬, 鄉巴佬
Jin	Taiyuan	農圪欖, 農老二, 山漢, 農村人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鄉下𤖯, 鄉下狸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鄉下佬, 村驢, 鄉下儂
	Yongtai	鄉下儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	山內倯, 土巴佬
	Quanzhou	山內倯, 土巴佬
	Zhangzhou	山內倯, 土巴佬, 鄉社倯
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鄉巴佬
	Leizhou	鄉下佬, 農村卜, 農村儂
Wu	Shanghai	鄉巴子, 阿鄉, 阿土生, 巴子, 戇巴子, 阿木林, 鄉下佬, 曲辮子 dated
	Hangzhou	鄉瓜頭兒, 鄉瓜佬兒, 阿鄉
	Wenzhou	鄉下客, 鄉下頽兒
Xiang	Changsha	二老倌, 鄉裡寶, 鄉裡二老倌