豆腐渣工程

Chinese

		soybean dregs; okara	engineering; project
trad. (豆腐渣工程)		豆腐渣	工程
simp. #(豆腐渣工程)		豆腐渣	工程

Etymology

Coined by Chinese politician Zhu Rongji in 1998.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòufuzhā gōngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄓㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ fu⁶ zaa¹ gung¹ cing⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁷ hu⁷ za¹ gang¹ tian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòufuzhā gōngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄓㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòufůjha gongchéng
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-fu⁵-cha¹ kung¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: dòu-fu-jā gūng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow.fuja gongcherng
    • Palladius: доуфучжа гунчэн (doufučža gunčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ fu⁶ zaa¹ gung¹ cing⁴
    • Yale: dauh fuh jā gūng chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ fu⁶ dzaa¹ gung¹ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ fu⁶ za¹ gung¹ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² fuː²² t͡saː⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁷ hu⁷ za¹ gang¹ tian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tāu hū tsa kang thiâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau¹¹ hu¹¹ t͡sa³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰĩã⁵⁵/

Noun

豆腐渣工程

1. (Mainland China, figuratively) tofu-dreg project (poorly constructed building)