外鄉

See also: 外乡

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	country; village
trad. (外鄉)		外	鄉
simp. (外乡)		外	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàixiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-hiông

  (Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖ rhong

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-hiuⁿ / gōa-hiong / gōa-hioⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàixiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàisiang
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: wài-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayshiang
    • Palladius: вайсян (vajsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
    • Yale: ngoih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi hiong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖ rhong
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: guā-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhviw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² hiũ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: guā-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhiofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: guā-hionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

外鄉

1. other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere; outland

Synonyms

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• 他鄉 / 他乡 (tāxiāng)
• 外位 (Hokkien)
• 外地 (wàidì)
• 外埠 (wàibù)
• 外籍 (wàijí)
• 外面
• 異地 / 异地 (yìdì)
• 異鄉 / 异乡 (yìxiāng)

Derived terms

• 出外鄉 / 出外乡
• 北港媽祖應外鄉 / 北港妈祖应外乡
• 外鄉人 / 外乡人 (wàixiāngrén)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “外鄉”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #1201”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.