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Jyutping cyun3 tou2
Pinyin cùn tǔ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    very small piece of land
    (syn.) 寸地
    • 中國共產黨和全國人民一樣,不容許日本保留中國的寸土。
      中国共产党和全国人民一样,不容许日本保留中国的寸土。
      zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng hé quán guó rén mín yī yàng , bù róng xǔ rì běn bǎo liú zhōng guó de cùn tǔ .
      Like the people of the whole country, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow Japan to retain an inch of Chinese territory.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    上次蚀嗮畀佢,今次我一定寸土必争,同佢摙 过。
    上次蝕嗮畀佢,今次我一定寸土必爭,同佢摙 過。
    soeng6 ci3 sit6 saai3 bei2 keoi5, gam1 ci3 ngo5 jat1 ding6 cyun3 tou2 bit1 zang1, tung4 keoi5 lin2 gwo3.
    • I lost so much to them last time, so this time I am going to fight them to the last penny.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    寸土不让
    寸土不讓
    cùn tǔ bù ràng
    • to not give up a single inch of one's territory
  2. Mandarin
    中国共产党和全国人民一样,不容许日本保留中国的寸土。
    中國共產黨和全國人民一樣,不容許日本保留中國的寸土。
    zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng hé quán guó rén mín yī yàng , bù róng xǔ rì běn bǎo liú zhōng guó de cùn tǔ .
    • Like the people of the whole country, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow Japan to retain an inch of Chinese territory.
  3. Mandarin
    我们是针锋相对,寸土必争,绝不让国民党轻轻易易地占我们的地方,杀我们的人。
    我們是針鋒相對,寸土必爭,絕不讓國民黨輕輕易易地佔我們的地方,殺我們的人。
    wǒ men shì zhēn fēng xiāng duì , cùn tǔ bì zhēng , jué bù ràng guó mín dǎng qīng qīng yì yì de zhàn wǒ men de dì fang , shā wǒ men de rén .
    • Our [policy] is to give tit for tat and fight for every inch of land; we will never let the Kuomintang easily seize our land and kill our people.