衝決

Chinese

		of great force; towards; dash against	breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (衝決)		衝	決
simp. (冲决*)		冲	决
alternative forms		沖決／冲决

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōngjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōngjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chongjyué
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-chüeh²
    • Yale: chūng-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongjyue
    • Palladius: чунцзюэ (čunczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ kyut³
    • Yale: chūng kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhowng kwet

Rime
Character	衝	決
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	尺容切	古穴切
Baxter	tsyhowng	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨoŋ/	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuawŋ/	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭwoŋ/	/kiwet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯woŋ/	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōng	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung1	gyut3

Verb

衝決

1. (of water) to burst; to breach (e.g. a bank)
2. (figuratively) to break through (shackles)

   • 他們將衝決一切束縛他們的羅網，朝著解放的路上迅跑。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们将冲决一切束缚他们的罗网，朝着解放的路上迅跑。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen jiāng chōngjué yīqiè shùfù tāmen de luówǎng, cháo zhe jiěfàng de lù shàng xùnpǎo. [Pinyin]

     They will smash all the trammels that bind them and rush forward along the road to liberation.