上山下鄉

See also: 上山下乡

Chinese

		to climb a mountain or a hill; to die and be buried	to go to the countryside
trad. (上山下鄉)		上山	下鄉
simp. (上山下乡)		上山	下乡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngshānxiàxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngshānxiàxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshanshiahshiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹
  - Yale: séuhng sāan hah hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ saan¹ haa⁶ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ san¹ ha⁶ hêng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ saːn⁵⁵ haː²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

上山下鄉

to go and work in the countryside and mountain areas (of urban school-leavers)

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