大鄉里

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
hometown; home village; fellow villager
hometown; home village; fellow villager; someone from the same hometown
trad. (大鄉里) 大 鄉里
simp. (大乡里) 大 乡里

Pronunciation

Noun

大鄉里

  1. (Cantonese) country bumpkin; hick; villager; bogan

Adjective

大鄉里

  1. (Cantonese) backwards; primitive; ignorant; not having known or done something that is commonly known or done
    我今日先第一次搭飛機，諗下諗下，真係覺得自己好大鄉里啊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    我今日先第一次搭飞机，谂下谂下，真系觉得自己好大乡里啊！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 gam1 jat6 sin1 dai6 jat1 ci3 daap3 fei1 gei1, nam2 haa5 nam2 haa5, zan1 hai6 gok3 dak1 zi6 gei2 hou2 daai6 hoeng1 lei5 aa3! [Jyutping]
    It's my first time on a plane. After thinking about it over and over again, I really think I'm such a country bumpkin!
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