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 ㄓㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ zi¹ man⁴ gou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínzhīmíngāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄇㄧㄣˊ 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

wealth gathered from the people by a government

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