鬧荒

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (鬧荒)		鬧	荒
simp. (闹荒)		闹	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàohuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàohuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàohuang
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴-huang¹
    • Yale: nàu-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nawhuang
    • Palladius: наохуан (naoxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

鬧荒

1. to have famine or shortage
2. (of peasants) to revolt due to famine

   • 在外禍、內難、再加天災的壓迫之下，農民廣泛地發動了游擊戰爭、民變、鬧荒等等形態的鬥爭。 [MSC, trad.]
     在外祸、内难、再加天灾的压迫之下，农民广泛地发动了游击战争、民变、闹荒等等形态的斗争。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài wàihuò, nèinàn, zài jiā tiānzāi de yāpò zhīxià, nóngmín guǎngfàn de fādòng le yóujī zhànzhēng, mínbiàn, nàohuāng děngděng xíngtài de dòuzhēng. [Pinyin]

     Harassed by aggression from abroad, by difficulties at home and by natural disasters, the peasants have unleashed widespread struggles in the form of guerrilla warfare, mass uprisings and famine riots.