人血饅頭

Chinese

		man; person; people	blood	Chinese steamed bun; mantou; steamed bun with filling Chinese steamed bun; mantou; steamed bun with filling; baozi
trad. (人血饅頭)		人	血	饅頭
simp. (人血馒头)		人	血	馒头

Etymology

Coined by Lu Xun in his work Medicine, in which mantou blooded with executed revolutionaries was said to be a medicine for tuberculosis under traditional Chinese medicine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénxuèmántou, rénxuěmántou, rénxiěmántou

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ hyut³ maan⁶ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénxuèmántou
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénsyuèmánto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-hsüeh⁴-man²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: rén-sywè-mán-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshiuehman.tou
  - Palladius: жэньсюэманьтоу (žɛnʹsjuemanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénxuěmántou
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénsyuěmánto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-hsüeh³-man²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: rén-sywě-mán-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rensheueman.tou
  - Palladius: жэньсюэманьтоу (žɛnʹsjuemanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénxiěmántou
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénsiěmánto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-hsieh³-man²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: rén-syě-mán-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshieeman.tou
  - Palladius: жэньсеманьтоу (žɛnʹsemanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ hyut³ maan⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: yàhn hyut maahn tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ hyt⁸ maan⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ hüd³ man⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ hyːt̚³ maːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

人血饅頭

advantage taken from others' misfortune
吃人血饅頭／吃人血馒头 ― chī rénxuèmántou ― to take advantage of others' misfortune