鄉村

See also: 乡村

Chinese

		country; village	village
trad. (鄉村/鄕村)		鄉/鄕	村
simp. (乡村)		乡	村

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiāngcūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄘㄨㄣ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щёнцун (xi͡oncun, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ cyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-chhûn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-chhng / hiuⁿ-chhun / hioⁿ-chhoan / hiong-chhun / hiang-chhun / hiong-chhoan / hiang-chhoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiên¹ ceng¹ / hion¹ ceng¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shian-tshen₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngcūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄘㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangcun
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tsʻun¹
  - Yale: syāng-tswūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtsuen
  - Palladius: сянцунь (sjancunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щёнцун (xi͡oncun, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɑŋ²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ cyun¹
  - Yale: hēung chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-chhûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ cun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ cun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-chhng
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-tshng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviuzhngf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviuzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: hionn-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvioizhoafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongzhwn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiangzhwn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongzhoafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiangzhoafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiên¹ ceng¹ / hion¹ ceng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hieⁿ tshṳng / hioⁿ tshṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩẽ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³/, /hĩõ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³/

Note:

hiên1 ceng1 - Chaozhou;
hion1 ceng1 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹shian-tshen₁
  - MiniDict: shian^平 tshen^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-tshen₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɕiã⁴⁴ t͡sʰən⁵³/

Noun

鄉村

the countryside; the country; rural area
鄉村振興／乡村振兴 ― xiāngcūn zhènxīng ― rural vitalization
village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)
(music) country

Synonyms

(the countryside):

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四鄉／四乡 (sìxiāng) (countryside around a town)
山野 (shānyě) (figurative)
庄跤 (“chng-kha”) (Xiamen Hokkien)
村野 (cūnyě)
田園／田园 (tiányuán)
田舍 (tiánshè) (literary)
田野 (tiányě)
田間／田间 (tiánjiān)
草地 (cao² di⁷) (Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary)
莊下／庄下 (Hakka)
農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
郊野 (jiāoyě)
鄉下／乡下
鄉社／乡社 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
鄉裡／乡里 (xian¹ li) (Xiang)
鄉間／乡间 (xiāngjiān) (in the countryside)
野外 (yěwài)

(village):

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堡子
塢／坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
屯 (literary, or in compounds)
屯落 (túnluò)
村塢／村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
村子 (cūnzi)
村盤子／村盘子 ('cun¹ pon² zi) (Gan)
村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
村落 (cūnluò)
社里 (Hokkien)
聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
聚落 (jùluò)
莊／庄 (zhuāng)
莊仔／庄仔 (Hakka)
莊子／庄子
莊頭／庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
鄉莊／乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)

Derived terms