鄉下話

Chinese

		the countryside; the country; rural area the countryside; the country; rural area; hometown; native land	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (鄉下話)		鄉下	話
simp. (乡下话)		乡下	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngxiàhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ ha⁵ va^5*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxiàhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiàhuà
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsia⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: syāng-syà-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshiahhuah
    • Palladius: сянсяхуа (sjansjaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2
    • Yale: hēung há wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ ha^6-2 wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiang¹ ha⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ ha³² va³²⁻³²⁵/

Noun

鄉下話

1. “countryside dialect”; rural dialect

   嗰個阿婆啲鄉下話好難明啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   嗰个阿婆啲乡下话好难明啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   go² go³ aa³ po⁴ di¹ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2 hou² naan⁴ ming⁴ aa³. [Jyutping]

   That old lady's dialect is hard to understand.

2. (chiefly Cantonese) language of one's hometown

   你識唔識講自己嘅鄉下話㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你识唔识讲自己嘅乡下话㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² zi⁶ gei² ge³ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Do you know how to speak the language of your own hometown?

Usage notes

Often in the context of Cantonese, where it contrasts with Standard (Guangzhou or Hong Kong) Cantonese.

Synonyms

• (rural dialect): 土話／土话 (tǔhuà)
• (language of one's hometown): 家鄉話／家乡话 (jiāxiānghuà)