鄉民

Chinese

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

Etymology

The second sense is from a line in the Mandarin-dubbed version of Stephen Chow's movie 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
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: hiong-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongbiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

鄉民

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

Synonyms

• (villager):

• 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