鄉民

Chinese

country; village the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (鄉民)
simp. (乡民)

Etymology

The second sense is from a line in the Mandarin-dubbed version of Stephen Chow's movie Hail the Judge:

鄉民進來看熱鬧 [MSC, trad.]
乡民进来看热闹 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ shì gēn xiāngmín jìnlái kànrènào de. [Pinyin]
I'm here just following the villagers to see what's happening.

Pronunciation


Noun

鄉民

  1. villager; country folk
  2. (Taiwan, Internet slang) one who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions

Synonyms

  • (villager):
  • (people following online discussions): (Mainland China) 吃瓜群眾吃瓜群众 (chīguā qúnzhòng); (Hong Kong) 花生友
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