日本首相——左揗右揗
Chinese
editJapan | highest chancellor; prime minister; highest level chancellor | left | to wander; to move to and fro | right (-hand) | to wander; to move to and fro | |||
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trad. (日本首相——左揗右揗) | 日本 | 首相 | —— | 左 | 揗 | 右 | 揗 | |
simp. #(日本首相——左揗右揗) | 日本 | 首相 | —— | 左 | 揗 | 右 | 揗 | |
alternative forms | 日本首相——左騰右騰/日本首相——左腾右腾 日本首相——佐藤右藤 | |||||||
Literally: “Prime Minister of Japan - Sato Uto/running to and fro”. |
Etymology
editA near-homophonic pun on the Cantonese pronunciation of the former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's name 佐藤 (zo3 tang4), from Japanese 佐藤 (satō).
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat6 bun2 sau2 soeng3, zo2 tan4 jau6 tan4
- Yale: yaht bún sáu seung, jó tàhn yauh tàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat9 bun2 sau2 soeng3, dzo2 tan4 jau6 tan4
- Guangdong Romanization: yed6 bun2 seo2 sêng3, zo2 ten4 yeo6 ten4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ sœːŋ³³ t͡sɔː³⁵ tʰɐn²¹ jɐu̯²² tʰɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
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