出外鄉

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere; outland
trad. (出外鄉)		出	外鄉
simp. (出外乡)		出	外乡

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhut-ngoi-hiông

  (Hailu, HRS): chud ngoi^˖ hiong^ˋ

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-ngoi-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ ngoi hiong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ ngoi⁴ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² ŋoi̯⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chud ngoi^˖ hiong^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰut⁵⁻² ŋoi³³ hioŋ⁵³/

Verb

出外鄉

1. (Hakka) to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背井離鄉, 離鄉背井
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	離鄉背井
Cantonese	Hong Kong	離鄉別井
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出外鄉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出外鄉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出外鄉
Southern Min	Xiamen	離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路

See also

• 出外洋

References

• “Entry #6846”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.