半壁江山

Chinese

		half	rivers and mountains; the land; a landscape rivers and mountains; the land; a landscape; the country; the state power
simp. and trad. (半壁江山)		半壁	江山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànbìjiāngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bik¹ gong¹ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànbìjiāngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànbìjiangshan
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pi⁴-chiang¹-shan¹
    • Yale: bàn-bì-jyāng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbihjiangshan
    • Palladius: баньбицзяншань (banʹbiczjanšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ bik¹ gong¹ saan¹
    • Yale: bun bīk gōng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bik⁷ gong¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ big¹ gong¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ pɪk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

半壁江山

1. half of the country (usually referring to the unoccupied part of an invaded country)

Synonyms

• 半壁河山 (bànbìhéshān)