籠統

Chinese

		basket; cage	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (籠統)		籠	統
simp. (笼统)		笼	统

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǒngtǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁵ tung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lóng-thóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǒngtǒng [Phonetic: lóngtǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǒngtǒng
    • Wade–Giles: lung³-tʻung³
    • Yale: lǔng-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loongtoong
    • Palladius: лунтун (luntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁵ tung²
    • Yale: lúhng túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁵ tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁵ tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ¹³ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng-thóng
    • Tâi-lô: lóng-thóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lofngtorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/

Adjective

籠統

1. general and unspecific; sweeping and vague

   • 中國人民對於帝國主義的認識也是這樣。第一階段是表面的感性的認識階段，表現在太平天國運動和義和團運動等籠統的排外主義的鬥爭上。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国人民对于帝国主义的认识也是这样。第一阶段是表面的感性的认识阶段，表现在太平天国运动和义和团运动等笼统的排外主义的斗争上。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhōngguó rénmín duìyú dìguó zhǔyì de rènshi yě shì zhèyàng. Dì yī jiēduàn shì biǎomiàn de gǎnxìng de rènshi jiēduàn, biǎoxiàn zài Tàipíng Tiānguó yùndòng hé Yìhétuán yùndòng děng lǒngtǒng de páiwài zhǔyì de dòuzhēng shàng. [Pinyin]

     Similarly with the Chinese people's knowledge of imperialism. The first stage was one of superficial, perceptual knowledge, as shown in the indiscriminate anti-foreign struggles of the Movement of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Yi Ho Tuan Movement, and so on.

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