掃盲

See also: 扫盲

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	blind
trad. (掃盲)		掃	盲
simp. (扫盲)		扫	盲

Etymology

Short for 掃除文盲／扫除文盲 (sǎochú wénmáng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎománg

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ maang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎománg
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎománg
    • Wade–Giles: sao³-mang²
    • Yale: sǎu-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saomang
    • Palladius: саоман (saoman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ maang⁴
    • Yale: sou màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ maːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bông
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'boong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

掃盲

1. to eliminate illiteracy

   掃盲運動／扫盲运动  ―  sǎománg yùndòng  ―  movement to eliminate illiteracy

2. (figurative) to explain (to someone who does not know about something); to educate; to inform