三光政策

Chinese

		three	light; ray; bright	policy
trad. (三光政策)		三	光	政策
simp. #(三光政策)		三	光	政策

Etymology

三光 + 政策 (zhèngcè, “policy”), with 三光 being short for 殺光、燒光、搶光／杀光、烧光、抢光 (“to kill all, burn all, loot all”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānguāng zhèngcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwong¹ zing³ caak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānguāng zhèngcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanguang jhèngcè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kuang¹ chêng⁴-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: sān-gwāng jèng-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanguang jenqtseh
    • Palladius: саньгуан чжэнцэ (sanʹguan čžɛncɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gwong¹ zing³ caak³
    • Yale: sāam gwōng jing chaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwong¹ dzing³ tsaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guong¹ jing³ cag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰaːk̚³/

Noun

三光政策

1. (historical) Three Alls Policy; referring to mass killing, looting and razing of Chinese settlements under Japanese occupations during the Second Sino-Japanese War