本鄉

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	country; village
trad. (本鄉)		本	鄉
simp. (本乡)		本	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnsiang
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: běn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshiang
    • Palladius: бэньсян (bɛnʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² hoeng¹
    • Yale: bún hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

本鄉

1. home village; one's native place

Derived terms

• 本鄉本土／本乡本土 (běnxiāngběntǔ)

 

Related terms

• 本省 (běnshěng, “home province”)