鄉巴佬

See also: 乡巴佬

Chinese

		country; village	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	man; guy
trad. (鄉巴佬)		鄉	巴	佬
simp. (乡巴佬)		乡	巴	佬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiāngbalǎo, xiāngbālǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄠˇ, ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang¹ ba¹ nao³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ baa¹ lou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang¹ ba¹ lao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngbalǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangbålǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-pa⁵-lao³
    • Yale: syāng-ba-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang.balao
    • Palladius: сянбалао (sjanbalao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ b̥ä² lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (鄉巴佬兒／乡巴佬儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngbalǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangbålǎor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-pa⁵-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syāng-ba-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang.balaol
    • Palladius: сянбалаор (sjanbalaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ b̥ä² laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngbālǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangbalǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-pa¹-lao³
    • Yale: syāng-bā-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangbalao
    • Palladius: сянбалао (sjanbalao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xiang¹ ba¹ nao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiangbalao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiaŋ⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵ nau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ baa¹ lou²
    • Yale: hēung bā lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ baa¹ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ ba¹ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ lou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang¹ ba¹ lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang pa láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³⁻²³ pa³³⁻²³ lau⁵²/

Noun

鄉巴佬

1. (derogatory, slang) country bumpkin; hick; villager; bogan; redneck; yokel; rube

Synonyms

• 內山倯／内山倯 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 內山猴／内山猴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 山猴 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 山龜／山龟 (Hokkien)
• 怯子 (qièzi)
• 牛子 (niúzǐ) (archaic)
• 鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
• 鄉佬／乡佬 (xiānglǎo)
• 野人 (yěrén)
• 阿土 (ātǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 土包子 (“country bumpkin; hick; yokel; rube”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		土包子, 鄉巴佬
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鄉熊
	Wuhan	鄉巴佬, 鄉裡人
	Huanggang	鄉巴佬, 老冤, 鄉裡老冤
	Tianmen	鄉巴佬
	Chengdu	鄉巴佬, 鄉巴佬兒
	Hanyuan	鄉巴佬
	Guiyang	鄉巴佬, 農村人
	Kunming	鄉巴佬
	Liuzhou	鄉伯, 鄉裡人
	Xuzhou	鄉巴佬, 鄉來老冤, 鄉來人
	Yangzhou	鄉巴佬
	Nanjing	農村人
Gan	Nanchang	鄉巴佬
	Lichuan	農啞子
Hakka	Meixian	山巴佬, 山牯
	Yudu	鄉巴佬
Huizhou	Jixi	鄉下佬, 鄉巴佬
Jin	Taiyuan	農圪欖, 農老二, 山漢, 農村人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鄉下𤖯, 鄉下狸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鄉下佬, 村驢, 鄉下儂
	Yongtai	鄉下儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	山內倯, 土巴佬
	Quanzhou	山內倯, 土巴佬
	Zhangzhou	山內倯, 土巴佬, 鄉社倯
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鄉巴佬
	Leizhou	鄉下佬, 農村卜, 農村儂
Wu	Shanghai	鄉巴子, 阿鄉, 阿土生, 巴子, 戇巴子, 阿木林, 鄉下佬, 曲辮子 dated
	Hangzhou	鄉瓜頭兒, 鄉瓜佬兒, 阿鄉
	Wenzhou	鄉下客, 鄉下頽兒
Xiang	Changsha	二老倌, 鄉裡寶, 鄉裡二老倌