茅盾

Chinese

		thatch	shield
simp. and trad. (茅盾)		茅	盾

Etymology

From 矛盾 (máodùn, “contradiction”), to express the tension in the conflicting revolutionary ideology in China in the unstable 1920s. Shen Dehong's friend Ye Shengtao changed the first character from 矛 to 茅 (“thatch”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Máo Dùn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ teon⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Máo Dùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mau Duenn
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴ teon⁵
  - Yale: màauh téuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ toen⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ tên⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/

Proper noun

茅盾

Mao Dun (pen name of 20th-century Chinese novelist Shen Dehong)

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