瓜分

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (瓜分)		瓜	分
simp. #(瓜分)		瓜	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ fan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-fûn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koa-hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê¹ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guafen
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-fên¹
    • Yale: gwā-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guafen
    • Palladius: гуафэнь (guafɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ fan¹
    • Yale: gwā fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ fun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ fun²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-hun
    • Tâi-lô: kua-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koa'hwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê¹ hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kue hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue³³⁻²³ huŋ³³/

瓜分

Verb

瓜分

1. (transitive) to divide up; to partition; to carve up

   在第二次世界大戰結束後，戰敗的德國被美、蘇、英、法四國瓜分。 [MSC, trad.]
   在第二次世界大战结束后，战败的德国被美、苏、英、法四国瓜分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài Dì'èrcìshìjièdàzhàn jiéshù hòu, zhànbài de Déguó bèi Měi, Sū, Yīng, Fǎ sì guó guāfēn. [Pinyin]

   After the Second World War, a defeated Germany was partitioned by the US, Soviet Union, Britain and France.