背井離鄉

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	warn; well	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	country; village
trad. (背井離鄉)		背	井	離	鄉
simp. (背井离乡)		背	井	离	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèijǐnglíxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ zeng² lei⁴ hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-chéng-lî-hiong / pōe-chéng-lī-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèijǐnglíxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèijǐnglísiang
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ching³-li²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: bèi-jǐng-lí-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyjiinglishiang
    • Palladius: бэйцзинлисян (bɛjczinlisjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ zeng² lei⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: bui jéng lèih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ dzeng² lei⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ zéng² léi⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-chéng-lî-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: puē-tsíng-lî-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexzefngli'hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-chéng-lī-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: puē-tsíng-lī-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexzefnglixhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

背井離鄉

1. to leave one's native place and move elsewhere

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背井離鄉, 離鄉背井
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	離鄉背井
Cantonese	Hong Kong	離鄉別井
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出外鄉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出外鄉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出外鄉
Southern Min	Xiamen	離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路