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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùntǔbùràng [Phonetic: cùntǔbúràng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùntǔbùràng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-tʻu³-pu⁴-jang⁴
    • Yale: tswùn-tǔ-bù-ràng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuuburanq
    • Palladius: цуньтубужан (cunʹtubužan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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): /t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ²²/

Idiom

寸土不讓

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