搶灘

Chinese

		fight over; to rush; to scramble fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch; against wind	beach; shoal
trad. (搶灘)		搶	灘
simp. (抢滩)		抢	滩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎngtān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng² taan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiúⁿ-thoaⁿ / chhiúⁿ-than / chhióⁿ-thoaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎngtān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎngtan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³-tʻan¹
    • Yale: chyǎng-tān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangtan
    • Palladius: цянтань (cjantanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng² taan¹
    • Yale: chéung tāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng² taan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng² tan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³⁵ tʰaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiúⁿ-thoaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiúnn-thuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviw'tvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiúⁿ-than
    • Tâi-lô: tshiúnn-than
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviw'tafn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhióⁿ-thoaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiónn-thuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioy'tvoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuã⁴⁴/

Verb

搶灘

1. (military) to make a beach landing in face of enemy resistance; to make a forced beach landing; to make an amphibious assault
2. to gain a foothold in a new market