彈丸之地

Chinese

		pellet; shot; bullet pellet; shot; bullet; tiny place	's; him/her/it; this	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (彈丸之地)		彈丸	之	地
simp. (弹丸之地)		弹丸	之	地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànwánzhīdì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ jyun² zi¹ dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànwánzhīdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànwánjhihdì
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-wan²-chih¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: dàn-wán-jr̄-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannwanjydih
  - Palladius: даньваньчжиди (danʹvanʹčžidi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ wän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan⁶ jyun² zi¹ dei⁶
  - Yale: daahn yún jī deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ jyn² dzi¹ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ yun² ji¹ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² jyːn³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tei̯²²/

Middle Chinese: danH hwan tsyi dijH

Rime
Character	彈	丸	之	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)	章 (23)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	桓 (62)	之 (19)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III
Fanqie	徒案切	胡官切	止而切	徒四切
Baxter	danH	hwan	tsyi	dijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn^H/	/ɦuɑn/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/diɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn^H/	/ɦʷɑn/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/di^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn^H/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕie/	/djɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan^H/	/ɦwan/	/cɨ/	/di^H/
Li Rong	/dɑn^H/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕiə/	/di^H/
Wang Li	/dɑn^H/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕĭə/	/di^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑn^H/	/ɣuɑn/	/t͡ɕi/	/dʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn	huán	zhī	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan⁶	wun⁴	zi¹	dei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤar-s [ɢ]ʷˤar tə [l]ˤej-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːns ɡʷaːn tjɯ l'els/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彈	丸	之	之	地
Reading #	1/3	1/2	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	wán	zhī	zhī	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ dan^H ›	‹ hwan ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ dij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁar-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁar/	/*tə/	/*tə/	/*[l]ˁej-s/
English	pellet	pellet; ball	go to	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)	earth, ground
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彈	丸	之	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	2013	12608	17188	14808
Phonetic component	單	丸	之	也
Rime group	元	元	之	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	憚	桓	之	地
Old Chinese	/*daːns/	/*ɡʷaːn/	/*tjɯ/	/*l'els/

Idiom

彈丸之地

a tiny place
香港這片彈丸之地，竟然住了七百萬人。 [MSC, trad.]
香港这片弹丸之地，竟然住了七百万人。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiānggǎng zhè piàn dànwánzhīdì, jìngrán zhù le qībǎiwàn rén. [Pinyin]
There is a shocking population of 7 million in a tiny place like Hong Kong.
- 此彈丸之地，猶不予也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  此弹丸之地，犹不予也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Cǐ dànwánzhīdì, yóu bù yǔ yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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