冷戰

See also: 冷戦 and 冷战

Chinese

Etymology 1

		cold	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (冷戰)		冷	戰
simp. (冷战)		冷	战

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 冷戰 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Cold War (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ zin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-chiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-chan⁴
    • Yale: lěng-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengjann
    • Palladius: лэнчжань (lɛnčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ zin³
    • Yale: láahng jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ t͡siːn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 冷戰／冷战 冷箭

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: líng-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngciexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/

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Proper noun

冷戰

1. Cold War

Noun

冷戰

1. (literally, figuratively) cold war
2. (by extension, figuratively) tense confrontation between people that does not involve physical or verbal conflict

Etymology 2

		cold	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (冷戰)		冷	戰
simp. (冷战)		冷	战
alternative forms		冷顫／冷颤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngzhan, lěngzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄢ, ㄌㄥˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngzhan
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngjhån
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-chan⁵
    • Yale: lěng-jan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeng.jan
    • Palladius: лэнчжань (lɛnčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥än⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-chan⁴
    • Yale: lěng-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengjann
    • Palladius: лэнчжань (lɛnčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ zin³
    • Yale: láahng jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ t͡siːn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 冷戰／冷战 冷箭

Noun

冷戰

1. (colloquial) shiver

Derived terms

• 打冷戰／打冷战