一畝三分地

See also: 一亩三分地

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	about 1; 6 acre (M)	three	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (一畝三分地)		一	畝	三	分	地
simp. (一亩三分地)		一	亩	三	分	地
Literally: “1.3 mu (about 866.7m²) of land”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīmǔsānfēndì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄇㄨˇ ㄙㄢㄈㄣㄉㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīmǔsānfēndì [Phonetic: yìmǔsānfēndì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄇㄨˇ ㄙㄢㄈㄣㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yimǔsanfendì
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-mu³-san¹-fên¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: yī-mǔ-sān-fēn-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imuusanfendih
  - Palladius: имусаньфэньди (imusanʹfɛnʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīmǔsānfēndìr [Phonetic: yìmǔsānfēndìr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄇㄨˇ ㄙㄢㄈㄣㄉㄧˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yimǔsanfendìr
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-mu³-san¹-fên¹-ti⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-mǔ-sān-fēn-dìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imuusanfendiell
  - Palladius: имусаньфэньдир (imusanʹfɛnʹdir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tiə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Noun

一畝三分地

tiny piece of land
(figuratively) one's turf; one's personal territory

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