TDK

English edit

Initialism of Philippine Hokkien 大陸仔／大陆仔 (tāi-lio̍k-á, “mainlander”), which is often perceived as "Tai Diok Ka" or "Tai Diok A", due to /l~d/ allophony usually preceding an /i/ vowel and the concept of forming initialisms from the consonant-sounding phonemes that syllables seemingly sound like they start with due to syllable assimilation in Philippine Hokkien. See also Taiwanese Mandarin 26.

TDK (plural TDKs)

This term is usually used by younger generation Chinese Filipinos, such as Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z.
Chinese Filipinos typically use this term to generally refer to usually an ethnic Chinese person or anyone from the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Teresita Ang-See (2007) “Influx of New Chinese Immigrants to the Philippines: Problems and Challenges”, in Mette Thunø, editor, Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China‎^[1], volume NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, number 41, Copenhagen: NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, →ISBN, page 140
Chee Kiong Tong (2010) “Hybridization and Chineseness in the Philippines: Primordialism and Identity Construction”, in Identity and Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia: Racializing Chineseness‎^[2], Singapore: Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 231
Caroline S. Hau (2014) “The Chinese Question: Ethnicity, Nation, and Region in and Beyond the Philippines”, in Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies‎^[3], volume 12, NUS Press, →ISBN, page 13
Juliet Lee Uytanlet (2016) “The Hybrid Tsinoys: Challenges of Hybridity and Homogeneity as Sociocultural Constructs among the Chinese in the Philippines”, in American Society of Missiology Monograph Series‎^[4], volume 28, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 88
Sebastian Strangio (2020) “The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing”, in In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century‎^[5], Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 269

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