半壁河山

半壁河山

Chinese

		half	river and mountains; land; territory
simp. and trad. (半壁河山)		半壁	河山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànbìhéshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bik¹ ho⁴ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànbìhéshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànbìhéshan
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pi⁴-ho²-shan¹
    • Yale: bàn-bì-hé-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbihhershan
    • Palladius: баньбихэшань (banʹbixɛšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ bik¹ ho⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: bun bīk hòh sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bik⁷ ho⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ big¹ ho⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ pɪk̚⁵ hɔː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

半壁河山

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

Synonyms

• 半壁江山 (bànbìjiāngshān)