鄉人

See also: 乡人

Chinese

		country; village	man; person; people
trad. (鄉人)		鄉	人
simp. (乡人)		乡	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangrén
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-jên²
  - Yale: syāng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangren
  - Palladius: сянжэнь (sjanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: hēung yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongjiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

鄉人

fellow townsmen; two or more men from the same village or town
- 其鄉人曰：肉食者謀之，又何間焉？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  其乡人曰：肉食者谋之，又何间焉？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Qí xiāngrén yuē: ròushí zhě móu zhī, yòu hé jiàn yān? [Pinyin]
  His neighbours said, "This is the business of meat-eating officials, why meddle with it?"
villager; country folk

Synonyms

(fellow townsmen):

同社 (tóngshè) (literary)
同鄉 / 同乡 (tóngxiāng)
老鄉 / 老乡 (lǎoxiāng)
鄉親 / 乡亲 (xiāngqīn)
鄉黨 / 乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)
黨人 / 党人 (dǎngrén) (literary)

(villager):

村民 (cūnmín)
草地人 (Min Nan)
莊下人 / 庄下人 (Hakka)
鄉下人 / 乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
鄉民 / 乡民 (xiāngmín)
鄉裡人 / 乡里人 (xian¹ li ren²) (Xiang)