鄉紳

Chinese

		country; village	member of gentry
trad. (鄉紳)		鄉	紳
simp. (乡绅)		乡	绅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangshen
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-shên¹
    • Yale: syāng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshen
    • Palladius: сяншэнь (sjanšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ san¹
    • Yale: hēung sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

鄉紳

1. squire; person of high social standing who lives in the countryside