亡國奴

Chinese

		to perish; perished state	slave
trad. (亡國奴)		亡國	奴
simp. (亡国奴)		亡国	奴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángguónú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ gwok³ nou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángguónú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángguónú
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-kuo²-nu²
    • Yale: wáng-gwó-nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanggwonu
    • Palladius: вангону (vangonu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ nu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ gwok³ nou⁴
    • Yale: mòhng gwok nòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ gwok⁸ nou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ guog³ nou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³ nou̯²¹/

Noun

亡國奴

1. conquered people or a member of it; person whose country has perished and is enslaved by the conquerer

   • 中國降了，任何人都要做亡國奴。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国降了，任何人都要做亡国奴。 [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

     Zhōngguó xiáng le, rènhé rén dōu yào zuò wángguónú. [Pinyin]

     Had China capitulated, every Chinese would have become a slave without a country.