八股

Chinese

		eight	share; portion; section share; portion; section; part; thigh; (a measure word, e.g., use with electric current); whiff
trad. (八股)		八	股
simp. #(八股)		八	股

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bagǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-ku³
    • Yale: bā-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baguu
    • Palladius: багу (bagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ gu²
    • Yale: baat gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pat-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patkor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

八股

1. (historical) eight-legged essay
2. (figurative) stereotyped writing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 八股 (“eight-legged essay”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八股, 八股文
Southern Min	Xiamen	八比仔
	Zhangzhou	八比仔

Derived terms

• 八股文 (bāgǔwén)
• 八股文章
• 老八股
• 黨八股／党八股 (dǎngbāgǔ)