武統

Chinese

		martial; military	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (武統)		武	統
simp. (武统)		武	统

Etymology

Short for 武力統一／武力统一 (wǔlì tǒngyī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔtǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǒng [Phonetic: wútǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǒng
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻung³
    • Yale: wǔ-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutoong
    • Palladius: утун (utun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ tung²
    • Yale: móuh túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thóng
    • Tâi-lô: bú-thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'torng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

武統

1. to annex; to unify by force

   武統的後果／武统的后果  ―  wǔtǒng de hòuguǒ  ―  the consequences of forced unification

   國防部週一宣佈準備儘早武統臺灣。 [MSC, trad.]
   国防部周一宣布准备尽早武统台湾。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guófángbù zhōuyī xuānbù zhǔnbèi jǐnzǎo wǔtǒng Táiwān. [Pinyin]

   The Ministry of National Defence announced on Monday that it would prepare to imminently annex Taiwan.

Usage notes

• This term mostly refers to a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the future.
• To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, Internet users in China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng, literally “the "5 Circle" tile in mahjong”). These words are only homophones in Mandarin.

See also

• 和統／和统 (hétǒng)