返鄉

Chinese

		to return (to)	country; village
trad. (返鄉)		返	鄉
simp. (返乡)		返	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnsiang
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: fǎn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanshiang
    • Palladius: фаньсян (fanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² hoeng¹
    • Yale: fáan hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: huán-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

返⫽鄉 (verb-object)

1. to return to one's hometown

Synonyms

• 回鄉／回乡 (huíxiāng)

Derived terms

• 返鄉潮／返乡潮 (fǎnxiāngcháo)