長征

See also: 长征

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey; trip; expedition
trad. (長征)		長	征
simp. (长征)		长	征

Etymology

Long March

First attested in 1935, in a bulletin posted on 22 May in Mianning, Sichuan, attributed to the commander-in-chief Zhu De:

紅軍萬里長征，所向勢如破竹。 [MSC, trad.]

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红军万里长征，所向势如破竹。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 1935,《中國工辳紅軍佈告》(Proclamation of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army)

Hóngjūn wànlǐ chángzhēng, suǒxiàng shìrúpòzhú. [Pinyin]

The Red Army's expedition of ten thousand li is advancing with irresistible force, crushing all obstacles in our path.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ zing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiông-cheng / tiâng-cheng / tn̂g-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang⁵ zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángjheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-chêng¹
    • Yale: cháng-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjeng
    • Palladius: чанчжэн (čančžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ zing¹
    • Yale: chèuhng jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tiông-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongzefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâng-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tiâng-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diangzefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngzefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang⁵ zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/

Verb

長征

1. to march to remote regions; to undertake expeditions

Proper noun

長征

1. (history) Long March (the military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, October 1934–October 1935)

Synonyms

• 二萬五千里長征 (Èrwànwǔqiānlǐ Chángzhēng)