鄉民

Chinese

		country; village	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (鄉民)		鄉	民
simp. (乡民)		乡	民

Etymology

The second sense is from a line in the Mandarin-dubbed version of Stephen Chow's movie Hail the Judge:

我是跟鄉民進來看熱鬧的。 [MSC, trad.]
我是跟乡民进来看热闹的。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ shì gēn xiāngmín jìnlái kànrènào de. [Pinyin]

I'm here just following the villagers to see what's happening.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngmín

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangmín
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-min²
  - Yale: syāng-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangmin
  - Palladius: сянминь (sjanminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ man⁴
  - Yale: hēung màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

鄉民

villager; country folk
(Taiwan, Internet slang) one who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions

Synonyms

(villager):

村民 (cūnmín)
草地人 (Min Nan)
莊下人／庄下人 (Hakka)
鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
鄉人／乡人 (xiāngrén)
鄉裡人／乡里人 (xian¹ li ren²) (Xiang)

(people following online discussions): (Mainland China) 吃瓜群眾／吃瓜群众 (chīguā qúnzhòng); (Hong Kong) 花生友

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