鄉民

Chinese

		country; village	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (鄉民)		鄉	民
simp. (乡民)		乡	民

Etymology

Taiwan internet slang

From a line in the Mandarin-dubbed version of a 1994 Hong Kong comedy film Hail the Judge:

我是跟鄉民進來看熱鬧的。 [MSC, trad.]
我是跟乡民进来看热闹的。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ shì gēn xiāngmín jìnlái kànrènào de. [Pinyin]

I'm here just following the villagers to see what's happening.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ man⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hiông-mìn

  (Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˋ min

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyorng¹ ming² / hyoeng¹ ming²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangmín
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-min²
    • Yale: syāng-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangmin
    • Palladius: сянминь (sjanminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ man⁴
    • Yale: hēung màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ min¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ min
    • Sinological IPA: /hioŋ⁵³ min⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hyorng¹ ming² [Phonetic: hyorng⁵ ming²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hio̤ng-míng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ miŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng¹ ming² [Phonetic: hyoeng⁵ ming²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ miŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongbiin
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

鄉民

1. villager; townspeople; country folk
2. (Taiwan, Internet slang) one who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions

Synonyms

• (villager):

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• 村民 (cūnmín)
• 草地人 (Min Nan)
• 莊下人 / 庄下人 (Hakka)
• 鄉下人 / 乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
• 鄉人 / 乡人 (xiāngrén)
• 鄉裡人 / 乡里人 (xian¹ li ren²) (Xiang)

• (people following online discussions): (Mainland China) 吃瓜群眾／吃瓜群众 (chīguā qúnzhòng); (Hong Kong) 花生友