窮鄉

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	country; village
trad. (窮鄉)		窮	鄉
simp. (穷乡)		穷	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngsiang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: chyúng-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongshiang
    • Palladius: цюнсян (cjunsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: kùhng hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

窮鄉

1. remote village; backwater

Derived terms

• 僻壤窮鄉 / 僻壤穷乡
• 窮鄉僻壤 / 穷乡僻壤 (qióngxiāngpìrǎng)