鄉間

Chinese

		country; village	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (鄉間)		鄉	間
simp. (乡间)		乡	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjian
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chien¹
    • Yale: syāng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjian
    • Palladius: сянцзянь (sjanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ gaan¹
    • Yale: hēung gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

鄉間

1. in the countryside

Synonyms

• 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
• 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
• 鄉社／乡社 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鄉裡／乡里 (xian¹ li) (Xiang)
• 野外 (yěwài)

 

Derived terms

• 鄉間小路／乡间小路