地圖開疆

Chinese

		map	to expand one's territory
trad. (地圖開疆)		地圖	開疆
simp. (地图开疆)		地图	开疆
Literally: “to expand territory on a map”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìtú kāijiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìtú kāijiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìtú kaijiang
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tʻu² kʻai¹-chiang¹
  - Yale: dì-tú kāi-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtwu kaijiang
  - Palladius: диту кайцзян (ditu kajczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹
  - Yale: deih tòuh hōi gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ tou⁴ hoi¹ gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tʰou̯²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

地圖開疆

(slang, humorous or sarcastic) to pretend that one country's territory is enlarged by marking territories controlled by others as part of its own on an official map

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