東亞病夫
Chinese
editEast Asia | sick man; invalid | ||
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trad. (東亞病夫) | 東亞 | 病夫 | |
simp. (东亚病夫) | 东亚 | 病夫 |
Etymology
editCalque of English sick man of East Asia. This term was first used by Western media to describe the Imperial Qing Dynasty. It was however gradually associated with the then prevalent opium usage in China and came to be understood as an insult to Chinese people. Later, Bruce Lee's movie Fist of Fury (1972) contributed decisively to the infamy of this term, thus fixing its modern sense.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyà bìngfu
- Wade–Giles: Tung1-ya4 ping4-fu1
- Yale: Dūng-yà bìng-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyah binqfu
- Palladius: Дунъя бинфу (Dunʺja binfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyǎ bìngfu
- Wade–Giles: Tung1-ya3 ping4-fu1
- Yale: Dūng-yǎ bìng-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyea binqfu
- Palladius: Дунъя бинфу (Dunʺja binfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1
- Yale: dūng a behng fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 aa3 beng6 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: dung1 a3 béng6 fu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ aː³³ pɛːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit東亞病夫
- (ethnic slur, derogatory, usually collective) Chinese people.
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