土法煉鋼

Chinese

		traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method	to make steel; to produce steel
trad. (土法煉鋼)		土法	煉鋼
simp. (土法炼钢)		土法	炼钢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔfǎ liàngāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² faat³ lin⁶ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔfǎ liàngāng [Phonetic: túfǎliàngāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔfǎ liàngang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-fa³ lien⁴-kang¹
    • Yale: tǔ-fǎ lyàn-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuufaa lianngang
    • Palladius: туфа ляньган (tufa ljanʹgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² faat³ lin⁶ gong³
    • Yale: tóu faat lihn gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² faat⁸ lin⁶ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² fad³ lin⁶ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ faːt̚³ liːn²² kɔːŋ³³/

Noun

土法煉鋼

1. primitive steelmaking
   1. (historical) steelmaking using backyard furnaces in China during the Great Leap Forward
2. (figurative) primitive, outdated way of doing something