生靈塗炭

Chinese

		the people; the citizenry; living thing the people; the citizenry; living thing; creature	to be in mud and coal; mire and charcoal ashes; filthy place
trad. (生靈塗炭)		生靈	塗炭
simp. (生灵涂炭)		生灵	涂炭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnglíngtútàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnglíngtútàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenglíngtútàn
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ling²-tʻu²-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: shēng-líng-tú-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglingtwutann
    • Palladius: шэнлинтутань (šɛnlintutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³
    • Yale: sāng lìhng tòuh taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/

Idiom

生靈塗炭

1. the people are living in extreme suffering and misery