鄉下話

Chinese

		countryside; village; hometown countryside; village; hometown; native land	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (鄉下話)		鄉下	話
simp. (乡下话)		乡下	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngxiàhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngxiàhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshiahhuah
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2
  - Yale: hēung há wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ ha² wa²
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ hɑː²²⁻³⁵ wɑː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

鄉下話

“countryside dialect”; rural dialect

嗰個阿婆啲鄉下話好難明啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
𠮶个阿婆啲乡下话好难明啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Go² go³ aa³ po⁴ di¹ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2 hou² naan⁴ ming⁴ aa³. [Jyutping]
That old lady's dialect is hard to understand.
(chiefly Cantonese) language of one's hometown

你識唔識講自己嘅鄉下話㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你识唔识讲自己嘅乡下话㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² zi⁶ gei² ge³ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 waa^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]
Do you know how to speak the language of your own hometown?

Usage notes

Often in the context of Cantonese, where it contrasts with Standard (Guangzhou or Hong Kong) Cantonese.

Synonyms

(rural dialect): 土話／土话 (tǔhuà)
(language of one's hometown): 家鄉話／家乡话 (jiāxiānghuà)

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