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用武

用武

Chinese

		to use	martial; military
simp. and trad. (用武)		用	武

Idiom

用武

to display one's abilities or talents

Verb

用武

to resort to force; to use violence

Derived terms

無用武之地／无用武之地 (wú yòngwǔ zhī dì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yòngwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄨˇ
Min Nan (POJ): iōng-bú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòngwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqwuu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-bú
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngbuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/