地圖開疆

Chinese

		map	to expand one's territory
trad. (地圖開疆)		地圖	開疆
simp. (地图开疆)		地图	开疆
Literally: “to expand territory on a map”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìtú kāijiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìtú kāijiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìtú kaijiang
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tʻu² kʻai¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: dì-tú kāi-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtwu kaijiang
    • Palladius: диту кайцзян (ditu kajczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹
    • Yale: deih tòuh hōi gēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ gêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tʰou̯²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

地圖開疆

1. (slang, humorous or sarcastic) to pretend that one country's territory is enlarged by marking territories controlled by others as part of its own on an official map