大鄉里

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	hometown; home village; fellow villager hometown; home village; fellow villager; someone from the same hometown
trad. (大鄉里)		大	鄉里
simp. (大乡里)		大	乡里

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hoeng¹ lei⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hoeng¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: daaih hēung léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hoeng¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hêng¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hœːŋ⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

Noun

大鄉里

1. (Cantonese) country bumpkin; hick; villager; bogan

Derived terms

• 大鄉里出城 (Cantonese)

 

Adjective

大鄉里

1. (Cantonese) backwards; primitive; ignorant; not having known or done something that is commonly known or done

   我今日先第一次搭飛機，諗下諗下，真係覺得自己好大鄉里啊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我今日先第一次搭飞机，谂下谂下，真系觉得自己好大乡里啊！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gam¹ jat⁶ sin¹ dai⁶ jat¹ ci³ daap³ fei¹ gei¹, nam² haa⁵ nam² haa⁵, zan¹ hai⁶ gok³ dak¹ zi⁶ gei² hou² daai⁶ hoeng¹ lei⁵ aa³! [Jyutping]

   It's my first time on a plane. After thinking about it over and over again, I really think I'm such a country bumpkin!