掃盲

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See also: 扫盲

Chinese

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

Etymology

Short for 掃除文盲／扫除文盲 (sǎochú wénmáng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎománg

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ maang⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-bông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎománg
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎománg
  - Wade–Giles: sao³-mang²
  - Yale: sǎu-máng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saomang
  - Palladius: саоман (saoman)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ maang⁴
  - Yale: sou màahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ maang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ mang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ maːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bông
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'boong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

掃盲

to eliminate illiteracy
掃盲運動／扫盲运动 ― sǎománg yùndòng ― movement to eliminate illiteracy
(figurative) to explain (to someone who does not know about something); to educate; to inform

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