文字獄

See also: 文字狱

Chinese

		written symbols; writing; script written symbols; writing; script; text; characters	prison
trad. (文字獄)		文字	獄
simp. (文字狱)		文字	狱
Literally: “word jail”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénzìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ zi⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénzìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnzìhyù
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tzŭ⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: wén-dz̀-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentzyhyuh
    • Palladius: вэньцзыюй (vɛnʹczyjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ zi⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: màhn jih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ dzi⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ji⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jʊk̚²/

Noun

文字獄

1. (historical) literary inquisition
2. (by extension) any other similar persecution against intellectuals based on their works