鄉土

See also: 郷土 and 乡土

Chinese

		country; village	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (鄉土)		鄉	土
simp. (乡土)		乡	土

Etymology

"Hong Kong Discuss Forum": Homophonic pun of 香討 / 香讨 (hoeng1 tou2), short for its original name 香港討論區 / 香港讨论区 (hoeng¹ gong² tou² leon⁶ keoi¹).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ tou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiông-thú

(Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˋ tu^ˊ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyorng¹ tou³ / hyoeng¹ tou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-thó͘ / hiang-thó͘ / hiuⁿ-thó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tʻu³
  - Yale: syāng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtuu
  - Palladius: сянту (sjantu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ tou²
  - Yale: hēung tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-thú
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ tu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ tu³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ tʰu³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ tu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /hioŋ⁵³ tʰu²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyorng¹ tou³ [Phonetic: hyorng⁵ tou³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hio̤ng-tô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ tʰɔu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng¹ tou³ [Phonetic: hyoeng⁵ tou³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-thó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-thóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongtor
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-thó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-thóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiangtor
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-thó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-thóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'tor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/

Noun

鄉土

native soil; one's native land; one's hometown
region; area

Proper noun

鄉土

(Hong Kong, Internet slang) Hong Kong Discuss Forum

Synonyms

(one's hometown):

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土 (literary, or in compounds)
家鄉 / 家乡 (jiāxiāng)
故國 / 故国 (gùguó) (literary)
故園 / 故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
故土 (gùtǔ)
故鄉 / 故乡 (gùxiāng)
故里 (gùlǐ)
老家 (lǎojiā)
老屋 (Hakka)
鄉下 / 乡下
鄉梓 / 乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
鄉關 / 乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
鄉黨 / 乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)

(region):

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一帶 / 一带 (yīdài) (an area and its surrounding regions)
區 / 区
區位 / 区位 (qūwèi)
區域 / 区域 (qūyù)
地區 / 地区 (dìqū)
地域 (dìyù)
地帶 / 地带 (dìdài)
地步 (dìbù) (literary)
地段 (dìduàn)
地界 (dìjiè)
地面 (dìmiàn) (colloquial)

Derived terms

鄉土劇 / 乡土剧
鄉土文學 / 乡土文学
鄉土氣息 / 乡土气息