人離鄉賤

Chinese

		man; person; people	to leave hometown	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (人離鄉賤)		人	離鄉	賤
simp. (人离乡贱)		人	离乡	贱

Etymology

Attested as early as the Yuan dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénlíxiāngjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ zin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénlíxiāngjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénlísiangjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-li²-hsiang¹-chien⁴
  - Yale: rén-lí-syāng-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renlishiangjiann
  - Palladius: жэньлисянцзянь (žɛnʹlisjanczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ zin⁶
  - Yale: yàhn lèih hēung jihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ lei⁴ hoeng¹ dzin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ léi⁴ hêng¹ jin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/

Idiom

人離鄉賤

people receive little respect from others when they are away from their native places

Derived terms

物離鄉貴，人離鄉賤／物离乡贵，人离乡贱
貨離鄉貴，人離鄉賤／货离乡贵，人离乡贱

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