大興土木

Chinese

		to undertake on a large scale; fake; counterfeit	building; construction
trad. (大興土木)		大興	土木
simp. (大兴土木)		大兴	土木

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàxīngtǔmù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàxīngtǔmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshingtuumuh
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶
  - Yale: daaih hīng tóu muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hing¹ tou² mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-hing-thóo-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixhengtofbok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

大興土木

to carry out a large-scale construction project (usually to build houses)

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