文化沙漠

Chinese

		culture; education; literacy	desert
trad. (文化沙漠)		文化	沙漠
simp. #(文化沙漠)		文化	沙漠

Etymology

Calque of English cultural desert.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénhuà shāmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ faa³ saa¹ mok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénhuà shāmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnhuà shamò
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-hua⁴ sha¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: wén-hwà shā-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenhuah shamoh
    • Palladius: вэньхуа шамо (vɛnʹxua šamo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ faa³ saa¹ mok⁶
    • Yale: màhn fa sā mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ faa³ saa¹ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fa³ sa¹ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ faː³³ saː⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/

Noun

文化沙漠

1. cultural desert