老鄉

See also: 老乡

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	country; village
trad. (老鄉)		老	鄉
simp. (老乡)		老	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-hiong / láu-hiang / láu-hiuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosiang
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: lǎu-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiang
    • Palladius: лаосян (laosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxiāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosiangr
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hsiang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-syāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiangl
    • Palladius: лаосянр (laosjanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ hoeng¹
    • Yale: lóuh hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: láu-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hiang
    • Tâi-lô: láu-hiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'hiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: láu-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'hviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴/

Noun

老鄉

1. someone from the same hometown (or country, province, district, etc.); fellow villager; fellow townsman

   這幾位都是我的老鄉。 [MSC, trad.]
   这几位都是我的老乡。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jǐ wèi dōu shì wǒ de lǎoxiāng. [Pinyin]

   These people come from the same hometown as me.

2. (derogatory) country bumpkin

Synonyms

• (someone from the same hometown):

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• 同社 (tóngshè) (literary)
• 同鄉／同乡 (tóngxiāng)
• 鄉人／乡人 (xiāngrén)
• 鄉親／乡亲 (xiāngqīn)
• 鄉黨／乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)
• 黨人／党人 (dǎngrén) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 老鄉見老鄉，兩眼淚汪汪／老乡见老乡，两眼泪汪汪

 

Interjection

老鄉

1. my dear sir! (friendly form of address to an unacquainted countryman)