武統

武統

Chinese

		martial; military	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (武統)		武	統
simp. (武统)		武	统

Etymology

Abbreviation of 武力 (military force) + 統一 (unification).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔtǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tung²
• Min Nan (POJ): bú-thóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔtǒng [Phonetic: wútǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutoong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ tung²
    • Yale: móuh túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thóng
    • Tâi-lô: bú-thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'torng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

武統

1. annex, unify by force

   國防部周一宣佈準備進早武統台灣。

   The Ministry of National Defence announced on Monday that it would prepare to imminently annex Taiwan.

Noun

武統

1. annexation, forced unification

   武統的後果

   The consequences of forced unification.

Usage notes

The "5 Circle" mahjong tile.

• To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, internet users in China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng; literally meaning the "5 Circle" tile in mahjong). These words are only homophones in Mandarin; they do not resemble one another in Cantonese or Hokkien.