鄉 (hoeng1) — hometown; native place; home village in Cantonese
hoengˉ¹鄉简 乡
Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1
Meaning of 鄉
nounhometown; native place; home village
nountownship - a rural administrative unit under county
nounvillage; countryside; rural area
Example Sentences with 鄉
一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.
manˎ₄民gungˉ¹工faanˉ¹返hoengˉ¹鄉haa2.下。
Migrant workers return to their hometowns.
jiˍ₆異hoengˉ¹鄉janˎ₄人zikˍ₆寂mokˍ₆寞
A stranger feels lonely.
jiˍ₆異hoengˉ¹鄉jyutˍ₆月gang˗₃更jyunˎ₄圓
The moon seems fuller in a foreign land.
jiˍ₆異hoengˉ¹鄉daaˊ²打paang˗₃拼
Struggling in a foreign place.
Words Containing 鄉
家鄉蔥油餅gaa1 hoeng1 cung1 jau4 beng2
home-style fried onion cakes
家鄉菜gaa1 hoeng1 coi3
home style cooking
回鄉證wui4 hoeng1 zing3
home return permit [Syn.] 港澳同胞回鄉證
鄉親hoeng1 can1
people from the same hometown
鄉下音hoeng1 haa2 jam1
rural country accent
老鄉lou5 hoeng1
fellow-townsman, fellow-villager
離鄉別井lei4 hoeng1 bit6 zeng2
to move away from one's hometown or motherland and move somewhere else | also 離鄉背井 or 背井離鄉 in Mandarin
落鄉lok6 hoeng1
to go to the countryside
故鄉gu3 hoeng1
one's native land; hometown, native place
懷鄉病waai4 hoeng1 beng6
country sickness; homesickness; nostalgia [Syn.] 思家; 思家病; 思鄉病; 鄉愁
大鄉里出城daai6 hoeng1 lei5 ceot1 seng2
a person who comes from countryside and seems stupid [also] 大鄉里出省城
鄉下妹hoeng1 haa2 mui1
village girl
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