杯具

Chinese

		drinkware; cup; glass	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (杯具)		杯	具
Literally: “cup (as a collective term)”.

Etymology

“tragedy”

Homophonic to 悲劇／悲剧 (bēijù, “tragedy”) in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēijù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui¹ geoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēijù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beijyù
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: bēi-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijiuh
    • Palladius: бэйцзюй (bɛjczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: būi geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui¹ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/

Noun

杯具

1. cup
2. (neologism, euphemistic, often self-deprecatory, humorous) tragedy