半殖民地

Mandarin · pinyin bàn zhí mín dì

Meanings

  1. semicolonial
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半
bàn · half
殖
zhí · breed, spawn; increase; prosper
民
mín · people, subjects, citizens
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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4–2–2–4 · ban4 zhi2 min2 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bun3 zik6 man4 dei6

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bun3 zik6 man4 dei6

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noun

  1. (Marxism) semi-colony

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