鄉間
Chinese
| country; village | interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鄉間) | 鄉 | 間 | |
| simp. (乡间) | 乡 | 间 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiān
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siangjian
- Wade–Giles: hsiang1-chien1
- Yale: syāng-jyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjian
- Palladius: сянцзянь (sjanczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoeng1 gaan1
- Yale: hēung gāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng1 gaan1
- Guangdong Romanization: hêng1 gan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
鄉間
- in the countryside
Synonyms
- 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 (cao2 di7) (Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary)
- 莊下 / 庄下 (Hakka)
- 農村 / 农村 (nóngcūn)
- 郊野 (jiāoyě)
- 鄉下 / 乡下
- 鄉村 / 乡村 (xiāngcūn)
- 鄉社 / 乡社 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 鄉裡 / 乡里 (xian1 li) (Xiang)
- 野外 (yěwài)
Derived terms
- 鄉間小路 / 乡间小路