黨八股

Chinese

		party; association; club party; association; club; society	eight-legged essay; stereotyped writing
trad. (黨八股)		黨	八股
simp. (党八股)		党	八股

Etymology

Coined by Mao Zedong in his speech titled 反對黨八股 (Oppose Stereotyped Party Writing) delivered on 8 February, 1942 at a cadres' meeting in Yan'an, Shaanxi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎngbāgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong² baat³ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎngbāgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎngbagǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tang³-pa¹-ku³
    • Yale: dǎng-bā-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daangbaguu
    • Palladius: данбагу (danbagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong² baat³ gu²
    • Yale: dóng baat gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong² baat⁸ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong² bad³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ³⁵ paːt̚³ kuː³⁵/

Noun

黨八股

1. (derogatory) stereotyped writing of the Communist Party of China, containing dull language and empty verbiage