他鄉

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See also: 他乡

Chinese

he; him; other country; village
trad. (他鄉/他鄕) /
simp. (他乡)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ta1 hiên1 - Chaozhou;
  • ta1 hion1 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (32)
Final () (94) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tha xjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑ/ /hɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑ/ /hiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑ/ /xiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰa/ /hɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑ/ /xiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑ/ /xĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑ/ /xi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuō xiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
to1 hoeng1

Noun

他鄉

  1. foreign land, away from one's native place
    現在他鄉非常掛念家人 [MSC, trad.]
    现在他乡非常挂念家人 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiànzài shēn zài tāxiāng, fēicháng guàniàn jiārén.
    I'm away from home, and miss my family terribly.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (他鄉):