鄉賢

Chinese

		country; village	worthy (person)
trad. (鄉賢)		鄉	賢
simp. (乡贤)		乡	贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hion¹ hiang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsián
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsien²
    • Yale: syāng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshyan
    • Palladius: сянсянь (sjansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: hēung yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hion¹ hiang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hioⁿ hiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩõ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

鄉賢

1. person who is esteemed in a village for their virtue or knowledge