"還鄉" meaning in Chinese

See 還鄉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/, /waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/, /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/, /huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: huánxiāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waan⁴ hoeng¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hoân-hiong, huánxiāng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huánsiang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huan²-hsiang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwán-syāng [Mandarin, Yale], hwanshiang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хуаньсян [Mandarin, Palladius], xuanʹsjan [Mandarin, Palladius], wàahn hēung [Cantonese, Yale], waan⁴ hoeng¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wan⁴ hêng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hoân-hiong [Hokkien, POJ], huân-hiong [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hoanhiofng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 還鄉
  1. to return to one's hometown; to return home
    Sense id: en-還鄉-zh-verb-jJ65ZaEm
  2. (figurative) to retire from public life Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-還鄉-zh-verb-IGD~~AI- Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 告老還鄉 (gàolǎohuánxiāng), 告老还乡 (gàolǎohuánxiāng), 衣錦還鄉, 衣锦还乡

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gàolǎohuánxiāng",
      "word": "告老還鄉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gàolǎohuánxiāng",
      "word": "告老还乡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "衣錦還鄉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "衣锦还乡"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "還鄉",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return to one's hometown; to return home"
      ],
      "id": "en-還鄉-zh-verb-jJ65ZaEm",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to retire from public life"
      ],
      "id": "en-還鄉-zh-verb-IGD~~AI-",
      "links": [
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to retire from public life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánxiāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hoân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánxiāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánsiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan²-hsiang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwán-syāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwanshiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуаньсян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuanʹsjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn hēung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ hêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoanhiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還鄉"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gàolǎohuánxiāng",
      "word": "告老還鄉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gàolǎohuánxiāng",
      "word": "告老还乡"
    },
    {
      "word": "衣錦還鄉"
    },
    {
      "word": "衣锦还乡"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "還鄉",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return to one's hometown; to return home"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to retire from public life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to retire from public life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánxiāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hoân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánxiāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huánsiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan²-hsiang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwán-syāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwanshiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуаньсян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuanʹsjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn hēung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ hoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ hêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huân-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoanhiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還鄉"
}

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