民脂民膏

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	fat	the people; nationality; citizen	ointment; paste
trad. (民脂民膏)		民	脂	民	膏
simp. #(民脂民膏)		民	脂	民	膏
Literally: “the fat of the people”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínzhīmíngāo, mínzhǐmíngāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ zi¹ man⁴ gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínzhīmíngāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínjhihmíngao
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chih¹-min²-kao¹
    • Yale: mín-jr̄-mín-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjymingau
    • Palladius: миньчжиминьгао (minʹčžiminʹgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ min³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínzhǐmíngāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínjhǐhmíngao
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chih³-min²-kao¹
    • Yale: mín-jř-mín-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjyymingau
    • Palladius: миньчжиминьгао (minʹčžiminʹgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ zi¹ man⁴ gou¹
    • Yale: màhn jī màhn gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ dzi¹ man⁴ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ji¹ men⁴ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

民脂民膏

1. wealth gathered from the people by a government