| 乡巴佬 |
xiāng bā lǎo |
(derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin |
| 乡 |
xiāng |
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit) |
| 巴 |
Bā |
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil) |
| 巴 |
bā |
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail |
| 佬 |
lǎo |
male / man (Cantonese) |