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鄉土

简 乡土 · 繁 鄉土
Mandarin · pinyin xiāng tǔ

Meanings

  1. native soil
  2. one's native land
  3. one's hometown
  4. local (to an area)
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鄉
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土
tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
乡
xiāng · country; rural; village
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1–3 · xiang1 tu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoeng1 tou2

Cantonese word readings for 鄉土. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hoeng1 tou2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. native soil; one's native land; one's hometown
  2. region; area

name

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