See 矛盾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
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"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
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"text": "楚人有鬻盾與矛者，譽之曰：「吾盾之堅，物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰：「吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
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"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
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"text": "楚人有鬻盾与矛者，誉之曰：「吾盾之坚，物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰：「吾矛之利，于物无不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"zh-pron": "máu-shwǔn"
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{
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{
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{
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"zh-pron": "maošunʹ"
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"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "màauh téuhn"
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{
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "maau⁴ toen⁵"
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{
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh-pron": "mao⁴ tên⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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{
"tags": [
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"Phak-fa-su"
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"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
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{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
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"zh-pron": "mau^ˇ dun^ˋ"
},
{
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"Hakka"
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"zh-pron": "mau² dun³"
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{
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"Sinological-IPA"
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{
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"Fuzhou"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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],
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},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "mau'duon"
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{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/",
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"Zhangzhou"
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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},
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{
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{
"tags": [
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{
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},
{
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"Quanzhou"
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{
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{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
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{
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{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/"
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{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/"
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{
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{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/"
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{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
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{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
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{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/"
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{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
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{
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"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (矛盾):\n* → Japanese: 矛盾(むじゅん) (mujun)\n* → Korean: 모순(矛盾) (mosun)\n* → Vietnamese: mâu thuẫn (矛盾)",
"name": "CJKV"
}
],
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}
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{
"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾與矛者，譽之曰：「吾盾之堅，物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰：「吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
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},
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"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾与矛者，誉之曰：「吾盾之坚，物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰：「吾矛之利，于物无不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
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"word": "人民內部矛盾"
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"roman": "rénmín nèibù máodùn",
"word": "人民内部矛盾"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "大相矛盾"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "糾結／纠结"
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"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ teon⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-tun⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-dwùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mauduenn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маодунь"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "maodunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-shun³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-shwǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "maushoen"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маошунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "maošunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "màauh téuhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ toen⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mao⁴ tên⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^ˇ dun^ˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "mau² dun³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "bau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
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"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "môo-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mo'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^去 den; meu^去 den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³mau-den; ³meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "mjuw zywinX|dwonX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*m(r)u lˤu[n]ʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
},
{
"other": "/ mâu-tún /"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "[n]"
},
{
"other": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
}
],
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"Han Feizi"
],
"word": "矛盾"
}
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{
"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾與矛者，譽之曰：「吾盾之堅，物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰：「吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾与矛者，誉之曰：「吾盾之坚，物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰：「吾矛之利，于物无不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
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],
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},
{
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"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
],
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"text": "阶级矛盾",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "ethnic conflict",
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"Traditional Chinese"
],
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"type": "example"
},
{
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"Simplified Chinese"
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"issue"
],
[
"conflict",
"conflict"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"zh:Logic",
"zh:Philosophy"
],
"glosses": [
"paradox"
],
"links": [
[
"logic",
"logic"
],
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
[
"paradox",
"paradox"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(logic, philosophy) paradox"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"logic",
"mathematics",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ teon⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-tun⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-dwùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mauduenn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маодунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "maodunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-shun³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-shwǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "maushoen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маошунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "maošunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "màauh téuhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ toen⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mao⁴ tên⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^ˇ dun^ˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "mau² dun³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "bau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "môo-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mo'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^去 den; meu^去 den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³mau-den; ³meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "mjuw zywinX|dwonX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*m(r)u lˤu[n]ʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
},
{
"other": "/ mâu-tún /"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "[n]"
},
{
"other": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "wèntí",
"word": "問題"
},
{
"roman": "wèntí",
"word": "问题"
},
{
"roman": "lóuzi",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "婁子"
},
{
"roman": "lóuzi",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "娄子"
},
{
"roman": "yínán",
"word": "疑難"
},
{
"roman": "yínán",
"word": "疑难"
},
{
"roman": "chábāo",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "茶包"
},
{
"roman": "nántí",
"word": "難題"
},
{
"roman": "nántí",
"word": "难题"
},
{
"roman": "nándiǎn",
"word": "難點"
},
{
"roman": "nándiǎn",
"word": "难点"
},
{
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻煩"
},
{
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻烦"
},
{
"roman": "bèilùn",
"sense": "paradox",
"word": "悖論"
},
{
"roman": "bèilùn",
"sense": "paradox",
"word": "悖论"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Han Feizi"
],
"word": "矛盾"
}
{
"categories": [
"Chinese adjectives",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 盾",
"Chinese terms spelled with 矛",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min adjectives",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Eastern Min nouns",
"Elementary Mandarin",
"Middle Chinese adjectives",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Middle Chinese nouns",
"Old Chinese adjectives",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese nouns",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Emotions"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "rénmín nèibù máodùn",
"word": "人民內部矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "rénmín nèibù máodùn",
"word": "人民内部矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "qiánhòumáodùn",
"word": "前後矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "qiánhòumáodùn",
"word": "前后矛盾"
},
{
"word": "大相矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "díwǒ máodùn",
"word": "敵我矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "díwǒ máodùn",
"word": "敌我矛盾"
},
{
"roman": "máodùnlǜ",
"word": "矛盾律"
},
{
"word": "矛盾方程式"
},
{
"word": "矛盾相向"
},
{
"roman": "zìxiāngmáodùn",
"word": "自相矛盾"
},
{
"word": "階級矛盾"
},
{
"word": "阶级矛盾"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "矛盾"
},
"expansion": "矛盾",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "矛盾",
"2": "むじゅん",
"gloss": ""
},
"expansion": "矛盾(むじゅん) (mujun)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "모순(矛盾)",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"t2": "",
"t3": "",
"t4": ""
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 모순(矛盾) (mosun)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "mâu thuẫn",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"tr": "矛盾"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: mâu thuẫn (矛盾)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "矛盾",
"2": "むじゅん",
"3": "모순",
"4": "mâu thuẫn",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"h": "矛盾",
"j2": "",
"j2t": "",
"j3": "",
"j3t": "",
"j4": "",
"j4t": "",
"jdesc": "",
"jje2": "",
"jje2t": "",
"jje3": "",
"jje3t": "",
"jje4": "",
"jje4t": "",
"jjedesc": "",
"jjet": "",
"jt": "",
"k2": "",
"k2t": "",
"k3": "",
"k3t": "",
"k4": "",
"k4t": "",
"kdesc": "",
"kt": "",
"o": "矛盾",
"o2": "",
"o2t": "",
"o3": "",
"o3t": "",
"o4": "",
"o4t": "",
"odesc": "",
"ot": "",
"s": "矛盾",
"v": "矛盾",
"v2": "",
"v2t": "",
"v3": "",
"v3t": "",
"v4": "",
"v4t": "",
"vdesc": "",
"vt": ""
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (矛盾):\n* → Japanese: 矛盾(むじゅん) (mujun)\n* → Korean: 모순(矛盾) (mosun)\n* → Vietnamese: mâu thuẫn (矛盾)",
"name": "CJKV/code"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "むじゅん",
"3": "모순",
"4": "mâu thuẫn"
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (矛盾):\n* → Japanese: 矛盾(むじゅん) (mujun)\n* → Korean: 모순(矛盾) (mosun)\n* → Vietnamese: mâu thuẫn (矛盾)",
"name": "CJKV"
}
],
"text": "Sino-Xenic (矛盾):\n* → Japanese: 矛盾(むじゅん) (mujun)\n* → Korean: 모순(矛盾) (mosun)\n* → Vietnamese: mâu thuẫn (矛盾)"
}
],
"etymology_examples": [
{
"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾與矛者，譽之曰：「吾盾之堅，物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰：「吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "楚人有鬻盾与矛者，誉之曰：「吾盾之坚，物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰：「吾矛之利，于物无不陷也。」或曰：「以子之矛陷子之盾，何如？」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛，不可同世而立。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "c",
"2": "2nd century BCE",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "first attested in c. 2nd century BCE",
"name": "etydate"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From a tale in Han Feizi first attested in c. 2nd century BCE.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "矛楯"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "矛盾",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "lance and shield",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"Mandarin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is feeling really conflicted.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Tā de xīnli hěn máodùn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "他的心裡很矛盾。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He is feeling really conflicted.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Tā de xīnli hěn máodùn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "他的心里很矛盾。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"conflicted; vacillating between two options"
],
"links": [
[
"conflicted",
"conflicted"
],
[
"vacillating",
"vacillating"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ teon⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máodùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-tun⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-dwùn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mauduenn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маодунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "maodunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "máoshǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "mao²-shun³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "máu-shwǔn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "maushoen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "маошунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "maošunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "màauh téuhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "maau⁴ toen⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mao⁴ tên⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^ˇ dun^ˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "mau² dun³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "màu-dōng"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "bau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "mâu-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mau'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "mô͘-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "môo-tún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "mo'duon"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶mau-den; ⁶meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "mau^去 den; meu^去 den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³mau-den; ³meu-den"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "mjuw zywinX|dwonX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*m(r)u lˤu[n]ʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
},
{
"other": "/ mâu-tún /"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau̯¹¹ tun³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu¹³⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mau²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mãu²³⁻³³ tun⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tun⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɤ²² dən⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "[n]"
},
{
"other": "/*mu l'uːnʔ|ɦljunʔ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiūjié",
"word": "糾結／纠结"
},
{
"roman": "jiūjié",
"word": "糾結"
},
{
"roman": "jiūjié",
"word": "纠结"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Han Feizi"
],
"word": "矛盾"
}
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