上山下鄉

See also: 上山下乡

Chinese

		to climb a mountain or a hill; to die and be buried	to go to the countryside
trad. (上山下鄉)		上山	下鄉
simp. (上山下乡)		上山	下乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshānxiàxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshānxiàxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshansiàsiang
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shan¹-hsia⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: shàng-shān-syà-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshanshiahshiang
    • Palladius: шаншаньсясян (šanšanʹsjasjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹
    • Yale: séuhng sāan hah hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ san¹ ha⁶ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ saːn⁵⁵ haː²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 上山下鄉

1. to go and work in the countryside and mountain areas (of urban school-leavers)