鄉人

See also: 乡人

Chinese

		country; village	man; person; people
trad. (鄉人)		鄉	人
simp. (乡人)		乡	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-jên²
    • Yale: syāng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangren
    • Palladius: сянжэнь (sjanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: hēung yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongjiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

鄉人

1. fellow townsmen; two or more men from the same village or town

   • 其鄉人曰：肉食者謀之，又何間焉？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其乡人曰：肉食者谋之，又何间焉？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Qí xiāngrén yuē: ròushí zhě móu zhī, yòu hé jiàn yān? [Pinyin]

     His neighbours said, "This is the business of meat-eating officials, why meddle with it?"

2. villager; country folk

Synonyms

• (fellow townsmen):

• 同社 (tóngshè) (literary)
• 同鄉／同乡 (tóngxiāng)
• 老鄉／老乡 (lǎoxiāng)
• 鄉親／乡亲 (xiāngqīn)
• 黨人／党人 (dǎngrén) (literary)

 

• (villager):

• 村民 (cūnmín)
• 草地人 (Min Nan)
• 莊下人／庄下人 (Hakka)
• 鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
• 鄉民／乡民 (xiāngmín)
• 鄉裡人／乡里人 (xian¹ li ren²) (Xiang)