外鄉

See also: 外乡

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	country; village
trad. (外鄉)		外	鄉
simp. (外乡)		外	乡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàixiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngoi-hiông

(Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖ rhong

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ngue⁵ xiông¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-hiuⁿ / gōa-hiong / gōa-hioⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàixiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàisiang
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-hsiang¹
  - Yale: wài-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayshiang
  - Palladius: вайсян (vajsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
  - Yale: ngoih hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖ rhong
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ngue⁵ xiông¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋue²¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: guā-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhviw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² hiũ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: guā-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhiofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: guā-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

外鄉

other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere; outland

Synonyms

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他鄉 / 他乡 (tāxiāng)
外位 (Hokkien)
外地 (wàidì)
外埠 (wàibù)
外籍 (wàijí)
外面
異地 / 异地 (yìdì)
異鄉 / 异乡 (yìxiāng)

Derived terms

出外鄉 / 出外乡
北港媽祖應外鄉 / 北港妈祖应外乡
外鄉人 / 外乡人 (wàixiāngrén)

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “外鄉”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“Entry #1201”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “外乡”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 472.