半壁河山

Chinese

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànbìhéshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbihhershan
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ pɪk̚⁵ hɔː²¹ säːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

半壁河山

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

Synonyms

半壁江山 (bànbìjiāngshān)

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