人離鄉賤

Chinese

		man; person; people	to leave hometown	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (人離鄉賤)		人	離鄉	賤
simp. (人离乡贱)		人	离乡	贱

Etymology

Attested as early as the Yuan dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénlíxiāngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ zin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénlíxiāngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénlísiangjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-li²-hsiang¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: rén-lí-syāng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renlishiangjiann
    • Palladius: жэньлисянцзянь (žɛnʹlisjanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ zin⁶
    • Yale: yàhn lèih hēung jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ léi⁴ hêng¹ jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/

Idiom

人離鄉賤

1. people receive little respect from others when they are away from their native places

Derived terms

• 物離鄉貴，人離鄉賤 / 物离乡贵，人离乡贱
• 貨離鄉貴，人離鄉賤 / 货离乡贵，人离乡贱