掃蕩

See also: 扫荡

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (掃蕩)		掃	蕩
simp. (扫荡)		扫	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎodàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ dong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so-thong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-tǒng / sàu-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎodàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎodàng
    • Wade–Giles: sao³-tang⁴
    • Yale: sǎu-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saodanq
    • Palladius: саодан (saodan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ dong⁶
    • Yale: sou dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ tɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so-thong
    • Hakka Romanization System: so tong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /so⁵⁵ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'dong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²²/

Verb

掃蕩

1. to root out; to wipe out

Synonyms

• (to wipe out): 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)

Derived terms

• 大掃蕩 / 大扫荡