船堅炮利

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	cannon; gun; firecracker	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (船堅炮利)		船	堅	炮	利
simp. (船坚炮利)		船	坚	炮	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánjiānpàolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄆㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ gin¹ paau³ lei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánjiānpàolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄆㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánjianpàolì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-chien¹-pʻao⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: chwán-jyān-pàu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanjianpawlih
    • Palladius: чуаньцзяньпаоли (čuanʹczjanʹpaoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ gin¹ paau³ lei⁶
    • Yale: syùhn gīn paau leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ gin¹ paau³ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ gin¹ pao³ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ kiːn⁵⁵ pʰaːu̯³³ lei̯²²/

Idiom

船堅炮利

1. to have a powerful navy (and by extension, military), with excellent weaponry