中共肺炎
Chinese edit
Communist Party of China; People's Republic of China; Red China | pneumonia | ||
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trad. (中共肺炎) | 中共 | 肺炎 | |
simp. #(中共肺炎) | 中共 | 肺炎 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
中共肺炎
Usage notes edit
- Used with the pointed political implication that the Chinese government is responsible for the virus's fabrication and/or release.
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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中 | 共 | 肺 | 炎 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
きょう Grade: 4 |
はい Grade: 6 |
えん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
中共肺炎 • (chūkyō haien)
- (derogatory, informal, sometimes offensive) COVID-19
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:中共肺炎.
Usage notes edit
Since this term links COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 to China and the Chinese Communist Party, it may be considered offensive or exclusionary. Compare English Wuhan flu, Chinese virus, etc. Other informal terms such as コロナ (korona, “coronavirus”) are usually considered neutral.