征討

See also: 征讨

Chinese

		attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey; trip; expedition	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (征討)		征	討
simp. (征讨)		征	讨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngtǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄊㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-thó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngtǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄊㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengtǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-tʻao³
    • Yale: jēng-tǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengtao
    • Palladius: чжэнтао (čžɛntao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ tou²
    • Yale: jīng tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-thó
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-thó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengtoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ tʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰo⁵³/

Verb

征討

1. to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

Synonyms

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• 力征 (lìzhēng) (literary)
• 征伐 (zhēngfá)
• 撻伐／挞伐 (tàfá) (literary)
• 砍伐 (kǎnfá) (literary)
• 膺懲／膺惩 (yīngchéng) (literary)
• 討伐／讨伐 (tǎofá)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
征	討
せい Grade: S	とう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

征(せい)討(とう) • (seitō) 

1. subjugation, conquest