離鄉別井

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	country; village	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin	warn; well
trad. (離鄉別井)		離	鄉	別	井
simp. (离乡别井)		离	乡	别	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líxiāngbiéjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei⁴ hoeng¹ bit⁶ zeng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei³ hiang¹ bet⁵ diang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líxiāngbiéjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lísiangbiéjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: li²-hsiang¹-pieh²-ching³
    • Yale: lí-syāng-byé-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lishiangbyejiing
    • Palladius: лисянбецзин (lisjanbeczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bit⁶ zeng²
    • Yale: lèih hēung biht jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ hoeng¹ bit⁹ dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ hêng¹ bid⁶ zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ piːt̚² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lei³ hiang¹ bet⁵ diang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei²² hiaŋ³³ pet̚³² tiaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

離鄉別井

1. to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背井離鄉, 離鄉背井
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	離鄉背井
Cantonese	Hong Kong	離鄉別井
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出外鄉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出外鄉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出外鄉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出外鄉
Southern Min	Xiamen	離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路