寸土
Chinese
| a unit of length | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (寸土) |
寸 | 土 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cùntǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cùntǔ
- Wade–Giles: tsʻun4-tʻu3
- Yale: tswùn-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuu
- Palladius: цуньту (cunʹtu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun3 tou2
- Yale: chyun tóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn3 tou2
- Guangdong Romanization: qun3 tou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
寸土
- very small piece of land
- 中國共產黨和全國人民一樣，不容許日本保留中國的寸土。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng hé quánguó rénmín yīyàng, bù róngxǔ Rìběn bǎoliú Zhōngguó de cùntǔ. [Pinyin]
- Like the people of the whole country, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow Japan to retain an inch of Chinese territory.
中国共产党和全国人民一样，不容许日本保留中国的寸土。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- 寸地 (cùndì)