放衛星

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	satellite; moon; man-made satellite
trad. (放衛星/放衞星)		放	衛星/衞星
simp. (放卫星)		放	卫星

Etymology

Originally slang in the Great Leap Forward Movement (大躍進／大跃进 (Dàyuèjìn)) in late 1950s.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàng wèixīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàng wèixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàng wèising
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴ wei⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: fàng wèi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq weyshing
    • Palladius: фан вэйсин (fan vɛjsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

放⫽衛星 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literally) to launch a satellite
2. (figuratively, chiefly Mainland China) to make an unrealistic statement