攻破

Chinese

		to attack; to accuse; to study	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
simp. and trad. (攻破)		攻	破

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ po³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongpò
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: gūng-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongpoh
    • Palladius: гунпо (gunpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ po³
    • Yale: gūng po
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ po³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ po³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɔː³³/

Verb

攻破

1. (chiefly military) to breach; to break through; to make a breakthrough

   • 北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已滿拚自盡。 [MSC, trad.]
     北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已满拚自尽。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1699, Kong Shangren, The Peach Blossom Fan, scene 38, translated by Harold Acton

     Běi bīng jīnyè gōngpò běichéng, ǎn yǐ mǎnpīnzìjìn. [Pinyin]

     Tonight the Northern troops breached the north wall, and I determined to take my own life.

Synonyms

• 突破 (tūpò)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)