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掃盲

掃盲

See also: 扫盲

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	blind
trad. (掃盲)		掃	盲
simp. (扫盲)		扫	盲

Verb

掃盲

to eliminate illiteracy

Etymology

Contraction of 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú) and 文盲 (wénmáng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sǎománg

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ maang⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sàu-bông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǎománg
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saomang
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ maang⁴
  - Yale: sou màahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ maang⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ mɑːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bông
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'boong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ¹³/