廣土眾民

Chinese

			numerous people; large population
trad. (廣土眾民/廣土衆民)		廣土	眾民/衆民
simp. (广土众民)		广土	众民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎngtǔzhòngmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² tou² zung³ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎngtǔzhòngmín [Phonetic: guángtǔzhòngmín]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎngtǔjhòngmín
    • Wade–Giles: kuang³-tʻu³-chung⁴-min²
    • Yale: gwǎng-tǔ-jùng-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goangtuujonqmin
    • Palladius: гуантучжунминь (guantučžunminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong² tou² zung³ man⁴
    • Yale: gwóng tóu jung màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² tou² dzung³ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong² tou² zung³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ mɐn²¹/

Idiom

廣土眾民

1. a vast territory with a large population

   • 豈有如此廣土眾民的國家而患財窮之理？ [MSC, trad.]
     岂有如此广土众民的国家而患财穷之理？ [MSC, simp.]

     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

     Qǐ yǒu rúcǐ guǎngtǔzhòngmín de guójiā ér huàn cái qióng zhī lǐ? [Pinyin]

     Why should a country as large and populous [as China] suffer from lack of funds?