劃清界線

Chinese

		to draw a clear line of demarcation	limits; bounds; dividing line limits; bounds; dividing line; edge; brim; verge; margin
trad. (劃清界線/劃清界綫)		劃清	界線/界綫
simp. (划清界线)		划清	界线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàqīngjièxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ cing¹ gaai³ sin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-chheng-kài-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàqīngjièxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàcingjièsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-chʻing¹-chieh⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: hwà-chīng-jyè-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahchingjiehshiann
    • Palladius: хуацинцзесянь (xuacinczesjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ cing¹ gaai³ sin³
    • Yale: waahk chīng gaai sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ tsing¹ gaai³ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ qing¹ gai³ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³ siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheng-kài-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tshing-kài-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhengkaesvoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai²¹⁻⁴¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹⁻⁵³ suã¹¹/

Idiom

劃清界線

1. (literally) to draw clear boundaries
2. (figurative) to draw a line; to have nothing to do with each other