離鄉背井

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	country; village	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	warn; well
trad. (離鄉背井)		離	鄉	背	井
simp. (离乡背井)		离	乡	背	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líxiāngbèijǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ zeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-hiong-pōe-chéng / lī-hiong-pōe-chéⁿ / lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ / lī-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ / lî-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líxiāngbèijǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lísiangbèijǐng
    • Wade–Giles: li²-hsiang¹-pei⁴-ching³
    • Yale: lí-syāng-bèi-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishiangbeyjiing
    • Palladius: лисянбэйцзин (lisjanbɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ zeng²
    • Yale: lèih hēung bui jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bui³ dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ hêng¹ bui³ zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ puːi̯³³ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hiong-pōe-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: lî-hiong-puē-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'hiongpoexzeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiong-pōe-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-hiong-puē-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiongpoexzvea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻²¹ t͡sẽ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-hiong-puē-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiongpoexcvie
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiang-pōe-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-hiang-puē-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixhiangpoexzvea
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lî-hiong-puē-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'hiongpoexcvie
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴ pue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/

Idiom

離鄉背井

1. to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere
   • 2007, “感恩的花蕊”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 劉清池 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:

     心的美夢～～實現　愛對叨位去　離鄉背井敢是 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     心的美梦～～实现　爱对叨位去　离乡背井敢是 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     sim ê bí-bāng ~ ~ si̍t-hiān, ài tùi tó-ūi khì, -lī-hiong-pōe-chíⁿ kám-sī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背井離鄉, 離鄉背井
Mandarin	Taiwan	離鄉背井
Cantonese	Hong Kong	離鄉別井
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出外鄉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出外鄉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出外鄉
Southern Min	Xiamen	離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路