鄉里

See also: 乡里 and 郷里

Chinese

		country; village	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (鄉里)		鄉	里
simp. (乡里*)		乡	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng¹ lei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ lei⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-lî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiên¹ li² / hion¹ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-li³
    • Yale: syāng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianglii
    • Palladius: сянли (sjanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: hēung léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiang¹ lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ lei²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-lí
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviulie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiên¹ li² / hion¹ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hieⁿ lí / hioⁿ lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩẽ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/, /hĩõ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/

Noun

鄉里

1. hometown; home village
2. fellow villager; someone from the same hometown

   • 郡遣督郵至縣，吏白「應束帶見之」，潛歎曰：「吾不能為五斗米折腰，拳拳事鄉里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     郡遣督邮至县，吏白「应束带见之」，潜叹曰：「吾不能为五斗米折腰，拳拳事乡里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     Jùn qiǎn dūyóu zhì xiàn, lì bái “yīng shùdài jiàn zhī”, Qián tàn yuē: “Wú bùnéng wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo, quánquán shì xiānglǐ xiǎorén yé!” [Pinyin]

     The commandery sent a postal inspector to the county, and an official suggested: "You should wear formal clothes to see him." Qian sighed: "I cannot bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice and flatter a base person [from my hometown]!"

3. (literary) wife

Synonyms

• (hometown): 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng); (Hakka) 鄉仔／乡仔, 鄉村肚仔／乡村肚仔
• (fellow villager): 同鄉／同乡 (tóngxiāng)

Derived terms

• 大鄉里
• 鄉里小人