他鄉

See also: 他乡

Chinese

		he; him; other	country; village
trad. (他鄉/他鄕)		他	鄉/鄕
simp. (他乡)		他	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ hoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâ-hiông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ-hiong / tha-hiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ta¹ hiên¹ / ta¹ hion¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ta-shian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tasiang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-hsiang¹
    • Yale: tā-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tashiang
    • Palladius: тасян (tasjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ hoeng¹
    • Yale: tā hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâ-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ta´ hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ta¹ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thaⁿ-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: thann-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tva'hiofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: tha-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ta'hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ta¹ hiên¹ / ta¹ hion¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha hieⁿ / tha hioⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰa³³⁻²³ hĩẽ³³/, /tʰa³³⁻²³ hĩõ³³/

Note:

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

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ta-shian
    • MiniDict: ta^平 shian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ta-xian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ta⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tha xjang

Rime
Character	他	鄉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	託何切	許良切
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/
Bernard 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

   我現在身在他鄉，非常掛念家人。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在身在他乡，非常挂念家人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài shēn zài tāxiāng, fēicháng guàniàn jiārén. [Pinyin]

   I'm away from home, and miss my family terribly.

Synonyms

• 外位 (Hokkien)
• 外地 (wàidì)
• 外埠 (wàibù)
• 外籍 (wàijí)
• 外鄉／外乡 (wàixiāng)
• 外面
• 異地／异地 (yìdì)
• 異鄉／异乡 (yìxiāng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (他鄉):

• → Japanese: 他(た)郷(きょう) (takyō)
• → Korean: 타향(他鄕) (tahyang)
• → Vietnamese: tha hương (他鄉)