粵

鄉hoeng1親can1

simp乡亲
hoeng1 can1xiāng qīn

English

  1. person from one's hometown or home region
  2. local people; folks
  3. roughly "fellow clansmen", an expression for people sharing an ancestral homeland, usually a village or town, to express their intimacy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對一啲故鄉喺同一個地方,甚至係同一個地方出世同成長嘅人嘅稱呼,表示一種親密、共同嘅情感,就算唔係親戚都可以咁叫

Examples

  • 鄉親父老

    fellow clansmen and elders

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

Report an issue

Spotted a wrong reading, definition, or example? Tell us — it helps everyone.