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): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄨㄣ

  (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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngcūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄨㄣ
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ cun´
    • 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.

Noun

鄉村

1. the countryside; the country; rural area

   鄉村振興／乡村振兴  ―  xiāngcūn zhènxīng  ―  rural vitalization

2. village; hamlet (Classifier: 座)
3. (music) country

Synonyms

• (the countryside):

• 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 (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):

• 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

• 各處鄉村各處例／各处乡村各处例
• 鄉村奶酪／乡村奶酪 (xiāngcūn nǎilào)
• 鄉村音樂／乡村音乐 (xiāngcūn yīnyuè)