人血饅頭

Chinese

		man; person; people	blood	Chinese steamed bun; mantou; steamed bun with filling Chinese steamed bun; mantou; steamed bun with filling; baozi
trad. (人血饅頭)		人	血	饅頭
simp. (人血馒头)		人	血	馒头

Etymology

Coined by Lu Xun in his work Medicine, in which mantou blooded with executed revolutionaries was said to be a medicine for tuberculosis under traditional Chinese medicine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxuèmántou, rénxuěmántou, rénxiěmántou

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ hyut³ maan⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxuèmántou
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsyuèmánto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsüeh⁴-man²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: rén-sywè-mán-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshiuehman.tou
    • Palladius: жэньсюэманьтоу (žɛnʹsjuemanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxuěmántou
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsyuěmánto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsüeh³-man²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: rén-sywě-mán-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rensheueman.tou
    • Palladius: жэньсюэманьтоу (žɛnʹsjuemanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxiěmántou
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsiěmánto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsieh³-man²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: rén-syě-mán-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshieeman.tou
    • Palladius: жэньсеманьтоу (žɛnʹsemanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ hyut³ maan⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: yàhn hyut maahn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ hyt⁸ maan⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ hüd³ man⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ hyːt̚³ maːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

人血饅頭

1. advantage taken from others' misfortune

   吃人血饅頭／吃人血馒头  ―  chī rénxuèmántou  ―  to take advantage of others' misfortune