寸土不讓

Chinese

		a unit of length	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	not; no	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (寸土不讓)		寸	土	不	讓
simp. (寸土不让)		寸	土	不	让

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùntǔbùràng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ tou² bat¹ joeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cùntǔbùràng [Phonetic: cùntǔbúràng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuuburanq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cùntǔbùràng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³ tou² bat¹ joeng⁶
  - Yale: chyun tóu bāt yeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ tou² bat⁷ joeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³ tou² bed¹ yêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jœ̽ːŋ²²/

Idiom

寸土不讓

to not give up a single inch of one's territory

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