瓜分

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (瓜分)		瓜	分
simp. ^#(瓜分)		瓜	分

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāfēn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄈㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ fan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-fûn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koa-hun

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāfēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄈㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guafen
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-fên¹
  - Yale: gwā-fēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guafen
  - Palladius: гуафэнь (guafɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ fan¹
  - Yale: gwā fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-fûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ fun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ fun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ fun²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-hun
  - Tâi-lô: kua-hun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koa'hwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ hun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê¹ hung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kue hung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue³³⁻²³ huŋ³³/

Verb

瓜分

(transitive) to divide up; to partition; to carve up
在第二次世界大戰結束後，戰敗的德國被美、蘇、英、法四國瓜分。 [MSC, trad.]
在第二次世界大战结束后，战败的德国被美、苏、英、法四国瓜分。 [MSC, simp.]
Zài Dì'èrcìshìjièdàzhàn jiéshù hòu, zhànbài de Déguó bèi Měi, Sū, Yīng, Fǎ sì guó guāfēn. [Pinyin]
After the Second World War, a defeated Germany was partitioned by the US, Soviet Union, Britain and France.