寸土

Chinese

		a unit of length	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (寸土)		寸	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùntǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cùntǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cùntǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-tʻu³
  - Yale: tswùn-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuu
  - Palladius: цуньту (cunʹtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³ tou²
  - Yale: chyun tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

寸土

very small piece of land
- 中國共產黨和全國人民一樣，不容許日本保留中國的寸土。 [MSC, trad.]
  中国共产党和全国人民一样，不容许日本保留中国的寸土。 [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 Gòngchǎndǎng hé quánguó rénmín yīyàng, bù róngxǔ Rìběn bǎoliú Zhōngguó de cùntǔ. [Pinyin]
  Like the people of the whole country, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow Japan to retain an inch of Chinese territory.

Synonyms

寸地 (cùndì)

Derived terms

寸土寸金 (cùntǔcùnjīn)
寸土必爭／寸土必争 (cùntǔbìzhēng)

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