武統

Chinese

		martial; military	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (武統)		武	統
simp. (武统)		武	统

Etymology

Short for 武力統一／武力统一 (wǔlì tǒngyī).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔtǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tung²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thóng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǒng [Phonetic: wútǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǒng
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻung³
  - Yale: wǔ-tǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutoong
  - Palladius: утун (utun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ tung²
  - Yale: móuh túng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thóng
  - Tâi-lô: bú-thóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'torng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

武統

to annex; to unify by force
武統的後果／武统的后果 ― wǔtǒng de hòuguǒ ― the consequences of forced unification

國防部週一宣佈準備儘早武統臺灣。 [MSC, trad.]
国防部周一宣布准备尽早武统台湾。 [MSC, simp.]
Guófángbù zhōuyī xuānbù zhǔnbèi jǐnzǎo wǔtǒng Táiwān. [Pinyin]
The Ministry of National Defence announced on Monday that it would prepare to imminently annex Taiwan.

Usage notes

This term mostly refers to a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the future.
To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, Internet users in China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng, literally “the "5 Circle" tile in mahjong”). These words are only homophones in Mandarin.

See also

和統／和统 (hétǒng)

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