懷鄉

Chinese

		to think of; to cherish; mind to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom	country; village
trad. (懷鄉)		懷	鄉
simp. (怀乡)		怀	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáixiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáixiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáisiang
    • Wade–Giles: huai²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: hwái-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaishiang
    • Palladius: хуайсян (xuajsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: wàaih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: huâi-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoai'hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

懷鄉

1. to miss one's hometown; to be homesick

   • 登斯樓也，則有去國懷鄉，憂讒畏譏，滿目蕭然，感極而悲者矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     登斯楼也，则有去国怀乡，忧谗畏讥，满目萧然，感极而悲者矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記

     Dēng sī lóu yě, zé yǒu qùguó huáixiāng, yōuchánwèijī, mǎnmù xiāorán, gǎn jí ér bēi zhě yǐ. [Pinyin]

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