半壁江山

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	wall; rampart	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): bànbì jiāngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bik¹ gong¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànbì jiāngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbih jiangshan
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ bik¹ gong¹ saan¹
  - Yale: bun bīk gōng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bik⁷ gong¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ big¹ gong¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ pɪk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

半壁江山

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

Synonyms

半壁河山 (bànbì héshān)

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