彈丸之地

Chinese

		pellet; shot; bullet pellet; shot; bullet; tiny place	's; him/her/it; this	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (彈丸之地)		彈丸	之	地
simp. (弹丸之地)		弹丸	之	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànwánzhīdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄓ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ jyun² zi¹ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànwánzhīdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄓ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànwánjhihdì
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-wan²-chih¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: dàn-wán-jr̄-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannwanjydih
    • Palladius: даньваньчжиди (danʹvanʹčžidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ wän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ jyun² zi¹ dei⁶
    • Yale: daahn yún jī deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ jyn² dzi¹ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ yun² ji¹ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² jyːn³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: danH hwan tsyi dijH

Rime
Character	彈	丸	之	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)	章 (23)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	桓 (62)	之 (19)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III
Fanqie	徒案切	胡官切	止而切	徒四切
Baxter	danH	hwan	tsyi	dijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑnH/	/ɦuɑn/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/diɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑnH/	/ɦʷɑn/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/diH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑnH/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕie/	/djɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/danH/	/ɦwan/	/cɨ/	/diH/
Li Rong	/dɑnH/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕiə/	/diH/
Wang Li	/dɑnH/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕĭə/	/diH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑnH/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕi/	/dʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn	huán	zhī	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan6	wun4	zi1	dei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤar-s  [ɢ]ʷˤar  tə  [l]ˤej-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːns  ɡʷaːn  tjɯ  l'els/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彈	丸	之	之	地
Reading #	1/3	1/2	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	wán	zhī	zhī	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ danH ›	‹ hwan ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ dijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁar-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁar/	/*tə/	/*tə/	/*[l]ˁej-s/
English	pellet	pellet; ball	go to	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)	earth, ground
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彈	丸	之	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	2013	12608	17188	14808
Phonetic component	單	丸	之	也
Rime group	元	元	之	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	憚	桓	之	地
Old Chinese	/*daːns/	/*ɡʷaːn/	/*tjɯ/	/*l'els/

Idiom

彈丸之地

1. a tiny place

   香港這片彈丸之地，竟然住了七百萬人。 [MSC, trad.]
   香港这片弹丸之地，竟然住了七百万人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiānggǎng zhè piàn dànwánzhīdì, jìngrán zhù le qībǎiwàn rén. [Pinyin]

   There is a shocking population of 7 million in a tiny place like Hong Kong.

   • 此彈丸之地，猶不予也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此弹丸之地，犹不予也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Cǐ dànwánzhīdì, yóu bù yǔ yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)