動武

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	martial; military
trad. (動武)		動	武
simp. (动武)		动	武

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ mou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâng-bú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-wu³
    • Yale: dùng-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqwuu
    • Palladius: дунъу (dunʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: duhng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-bú
    • Tâi-lô: tâng-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangbuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ¹³⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

Verb

動武

1. to use force (to fight, start a war, etc.)

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 行蠻／行蛮