Chinese edit

five tube; cylinder
trad. (五筒)
simp. #(五筒)
 
The "5 Circle" mahjong tile.

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

五筒

  1. the "5 Circle" mahjong tile
  2. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) military annexation; forced unification (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

五筒

  1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) to annex; to unify by force (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Usage notes edit

  • To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, Internet users in Mainland China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng) as a substitute of 武統武统 (wǔtǒng, “military annexation”). These words are only homophones in Mandarin.