鄉音

See also: 乡音

Chinese

		country; village	sound; noise; news
trad. (鄉音)		鄉	音
simp. (乡音)		乡	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiông-yîm

(Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˋ rhim^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiong-im / hiang-im

(Teochew, Peng'im): hion¹ im¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangyin
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-yin¹
  - Yale: syāng-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangin
  - Palladius: сянъинь (sjanʺinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ jam¹
  - Yale: hēung yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ (r)im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ rhim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /hioŋ⁵³ ʒim⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-im
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiong'ym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ im³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-im
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiang'ym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hion¹ im¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hioⁿ im
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩõ³³⁻²³ im³³/

Noun

鄉音

local accent or dialect of one's native place
- 少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: He Zhizhang, Written impromptu upon returning to my hometown (《回鄉偶書》)
  Shàoxiǎo líjiā lǎodà huí, xiāngyīn wú gǎi bìnmáo shuāi. [Pinyin]
  In youth I left home. As an old man, I return. My hometown accent hasn’t changed, yet the hair at my temples is receding.

Synonyms

方音 (fāngyīn)
口音 (kǒuyīn)