劃清界線

Chinese

		to draw a clear line of demarcation	limits; bounds; dividing line limits; bounds; dividing line; edge; brim; verge; margin
trad. (劃清界線/劃清界綫)		劃清	界線/界綫
simp. (划清界线)		划清	界线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàqīngjièxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ cing¹ gaai³ sin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-chheng-kài-sòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàqīngjièxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàcingjièsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴-chʻing¹-chieh⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: hwà-chīng-jyè-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahchingjiehshiann
  - Palladius: хуацинцзесянь (xuacinczesjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ cing¹ gaai³ sin³
  - Yale: waahk chīng gaai sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ tsing¹ gaai³ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ qing¹ gai³ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³ siːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheng-kài-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uē-tshing-kài-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhengkaesvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai²¹⁻⁴¹ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹⁻⁵³ suã¹¹/

Idiom

劃清界線

(literally) to draw clear boundaries
(figurative) to draw a line; to have nothing to do with each other

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