消耗戰

Chinese

		to consume; to deplete; to drain to consume; to deplete; to drain; to exhaust; to expend; to use up; to burn; to wear out	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (消耗戰)		消耗	戰
simp. (消耗战)		消耗	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāohàozhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hou³ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāohàozhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaohàojhàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-hao⁴-chan⁴
    • Yale: syāu-hàu-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauhawjann
    • Palladius: сяохаочжань (sjaoxaočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ hou³ zin³
    • Yale: sīu hou jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hou³ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ hou³ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hou̯³³ t͡siːn³³/

Noun

消耗戰

1. war of quick decision; war of attrition

   • 如果我們集中兵力在一個狹小的陣地上作消耗戰的抵抗，將使我軍失掉地理上和經濟組織上的有利條件，犯阿比西尼亞的錯誤。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果我们集中兵力在一个狭小的阵地上作消耗战的抵抗，将使我军失掉地理上和经济组织上的有利条件，犯阿比西尼亚的错误。 [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

     Rúguǒ wǒmen jízhōng bīnglì zài yīge xiáxiǎo de zhèndì shàng zuò xiāohàozhàn de dǐkàng, jiāng shǐ wǒjūn shīdiào dìlǐ shàng hé jīngjì zǔzhī shàng de yǒulì tiáojiàn, fàn Ābǐxīníyà de cuòwù. [Pinyin]

     If we concentrate our forces on a narrow front for a defensive war of attrition, we would be throwing away the advantages of our geography and economic organization and repeating the mistake of Abyssinia.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	耗	戰
しょう Grade: 3	もう Grade: S	せん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 消耗戰 – see the following entry.

【消耗戦しょうもうせん】 [noun] attrition warfare

(This term, 消耗戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
消	耗	戰

Noun

消耗戰 • (somojeon) (hangeul 소모전)

1. Hanja form^? of 소모전 (“war of attrition”).