都團

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (都團)		都	團
simp. (都团)		都	团

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūtuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄊㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūtuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dutuán
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-tʻuan²
    • Yale: dū-twán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dutwan
    • Palladius: дутуань (dutuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/

Noun

都團

1. (historical) organs of political power at the district and the township level

   • 旧式的都團（即區鄉）政權機關，尤其是都之一級，即接近縣之一級，幾乎完全是土豪劣紳佔領。 [MSC, trad.]
     旧式的都团（即区乡）政权机关，尤其是都之一级，即接近县之一级，几乎完全是土豪劣绅占领。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jiùshì de dūtuán (jí qūxiāng) zhèngquán jīguān, yóuqí shì dū zhī yī jí, jí jiējìn xiàn zhī yī jí, jīhū wánquán shì tǔháolièshēn zhànlǐng. [Pinyin]

     The old organs of political power in the du and tuan (i.e., the district and the township), and especially at the du level, just below the county level, used to be almost exclusively in the hands of the local tyrants and evil gentry.