異鄉

See also: 异乡, 異郷, and 異鄕

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	country; village
trad. (異鄉)		異	鄉
simp. (异乡)		异	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-hiông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ī-hiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁶ hiên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsiang
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yì-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshiang
    • Palladius: исян (isjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ hoeng¹
    • Yale: yih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: i hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: ī-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixhiofng
    • IPA (Kinmen): /i²²⁻¹² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁶ hiên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ hieⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵⁻¹¹ hĩẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yiH xjang

Rime
Character	異	鄉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊吏切	許良切
Baxter	yiH	xjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨH/	/hɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨH/	/hiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ieH/	/xiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨH/	/hɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iəH/	/xiaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭəH/	/xĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/iH/	/xi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	xiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	hoeng1

Noun

異鄉

1. foreign land

   • 獨在異鄉為異客，每逢佳節倍思親。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《九月九日憶山東兄弟》, Wang Wei, 700s

     Dú zài yìxiāng wéi yìkè, měi féng jiājié bèi sīqīn. [Pinyin]

     Alone in a strange land, I am a stranger; every happy festival day doubles my longing for family.

Synonyms

• 他鄉／他乡 (tāxiāng)
• 外位 (Hokkien)
• 外地 (wàidì)
• 外埠 (wàibù)
• 外籍 (wàijí)
• 外鄉／外乡 (wàixiāng)
• 外面
• 異地／异地 (yìdì)