還鄉

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	country; village
trad. (還鄉)		還	鄉
simp. (还乡)		还	乡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ hoeng¹
Min Nan (POJ): hoân-hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huánxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanshiang
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁴ hoeng¹
  - Yale: wàahn hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ hêng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːn²¹ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: huân-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

還鄉

to return to one's hometown; to return home
(figuratively) to retire from public life

Derived terms

告老還鄉／告老还乡

衣錦還鄉／衣锦还乡 (yījǐnhuánxiāng)

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