粵

大daai6鄉hoeng1里lei5

simp大乡里
daai6 hoeng1 lei5dà xiāng lǐ

English

  1. (noun) a yokel; a hayseed; a country bumpkin; a hillbilly
  2. country bumpkin; person living in the rural countryside; to highlight someone's ignorance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 鄉下人,暗喻人見識少,未見過世面(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 大鄉里出城

    Country bumpkin going to the city (for the first time).

  • 纜車都未坐過呀?你真係大鄉里嘞!

    You haven't even taken a cable car before? You are such a country bumpkin.

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

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