還鄉

還鄉

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	country; village
trad. (還鄉)		還	鄉
simp. (还乡)		还	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ hoeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hoân-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huánxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanshiang
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: wàahn hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ hêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wäːn²¹ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: huân-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

還鄉

1. to return to one's hometown; to return home
2. (figuratively) to retire from public life

Derived terms

告老還鄉／告老还乡

衣錦還鄉／衣锦还乡 (yījǐnhuánxiāng)