香蕉共和國

Chinese

		banana	republic
trad. (香蕉共和國)		香蕉	共和國
simp. (香蕉共和国)		香蕉	共和国

Etymology

Calque of English banana republic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjiāo gònghéguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ ziu¹ gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiāo gònghéguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiao gònghéguó
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chiao¹ kung⁴-ho²-kuo²
    • Yale: syāng-jyāu gùng-hé-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiau gonqhergwo
    • Palladius: сянцзяо гунхэго (sjanczjao gunxɛgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ ziu¹ gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: hēung jīu guhng wòh gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ dziu¹ gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ jiu¹ gung⁶ wo⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

香蕉共和國

1. banana republic
   • 2023 June 9, Hong Kong Economic Times, 「香蕉共和國」 美國主宰的拉美小國 ("Banana Republics: American-Dominated Latin American Small Countries")‎^[1]:

     香蕉共和國是政治學上的貶稱，用來指那些貪污腐敗、又或有強大外國勢力介入的國家，政治不穩定又不民主，常有寡頭政治，長期剝削民眾，而國家經濟則高度依賴水果、礦產等原材料出口。 [MSC, trad.]
     香蕉共和国是政治学上的贬称，用来指那些贪污腐败、又或有强大外国势力介入的国家，政治不稳定又不民主，常有寡头政治，长期剥削民众，而国家经济则高度依赖水果、矿产等原材料出口。 [MSC, simp.]

     Xiāngjiāogònghéguó shì zhèngzhìxué shàng de biǎnchēng, yònglái zhǐ nàxiē tānwū fǔbài, yòu huò yǒu qiángdà wàiguó shìlì jièrù de guójiā, zhèngzhì bù wěndìng yòu bù mínzhǔ, cháng yǒu guǎtóuzhèngzhì, chángqī bōxuē mínzhòng, ér guójiā jīngjì zé gāodù yīlài shuǐguǒ, kuàngchǎn děng yuáncáiliào chūkǒu. [Pinyin]

     Banana republic is a derogatory term in politics, referring to corrupt nations or those with strong foreign interference. These countries are neither stable nor democratic, oligarchy is the norm, their citizens are exploited in the long term, and the national economies are heavily dependant on raw material export like fruit and minerals.