鄉音

See also: 乡音

Chinese

		country; village	sound; noise; news
trad. (鄉音)		鄉	音
simp. (乡音)		乡	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jam¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-im / hiang-im

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hion¹ im¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangyin
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-yin¹
    • Yale: syāng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangin
    • Palladius: сянъинь (sjanʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ jam¹
    • Yale: hēung yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-im
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiong'ym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ im³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-im
    • Tâi-lô: hiang-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiang'ym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hion¹ im¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hioⁿ im
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩõ³³⁻²³ im³³/

Noun

鄉音

1. local accent or dialect of one's native place

   • 少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: He Zhizhang, Written impromptu upon returning to my hometown (《回鄉偶書》)

     Shàoxiǎo líjiā lǎodà huí, xiāngyīn wú gǎi bìnmáo shuāi. [Pinyin]

     In youth I left home. As an old man, I return. My hometown accent hasn’t changed, yet the hair at my temples is receding.

Synonyms

• 方音 (fāngyīn)
• 口音 (kǒuyīn)