鄉里

See also: 乡里 and 郷里

Chinese

		country; village	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (鄉里)		鄉	里
simp. (乡里^*)		乡	里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānglǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng¹ lei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ lei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-lî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-lí / hioⁿ-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiên¹ li² / hion¹ li²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānglǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianglǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-li³
  - Yale: syāng-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianglii
  - Palladius: сянли (sjanli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ lei⁵
  - Yale: hēung léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiang¹ lei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ lei²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-lí
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviulie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /hiũ³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-lí
  - Tâi-lô: hionn-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvioilie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiên¹ li² / hion¹ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hieⁿ lí / hioⁿ lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩẽ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/, /hĩõ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/

Noun

鄉里

hometown; home village
fellow villager; someone from the same hometown
- 郡遣督郵至縣，吏白「應束帶見之」，潛歎曰：「吾不能為五斗米折腰，拳拳事鄉里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  郡遣督邮至县，吏白「应束带见之」，潜叹曰：「吾不能为五斗米折腰，拳拳事乡里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
  Jùn qiǎn dūyóu zhì xiàn, lì bái “yīng shùdài jiàn zhī”, Qián tàn yuē: “Wú bùnéng wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo, quánquán shì xiānglǐ xiǎorén yé!” [Pinyin]
  The commandery sent a postal inspector to the county, and an official suggested: "You should wear formal clothes to see him." Qian sighed: "I cannot bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice and flatter a base person [from my hometown]!"
(literary) wife
(Southern Min) village (Classifier: 個／个 mn)

Synonyms

(hometown): 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng); (Hakka) 鄉仔／乡仔, 鄉村肚仔／乡村肚仔
(fellow villager): 同鄉／同乡 (tóngxiāng)

Derived terms

大鄉里
鄉里小人