竹升

Wiktionary. Search. 竹升. Language · Watch · Edit. See also: 竹昇 ... The word was changed to 竹升 (“bamboo rise”) for taboo reasons, since 竿 (gon1, ... 竹升 DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Seealso:竹昇 Contents 1Chinese 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Noun Chinese[edit] bamboo  toraise;tohoist;topromotetoraise;tohoist;topromote;pint trad.(竹升/竹昇) 竹 升/昇 simp.(竹升) 竹 升 Literally:“bamboorise”. Wikipediahasanarticleon:竹升 Etymology[edit] Cantonese.Originallyas竹竿(zuk1gon1,“bamboopole”):“bamboopole”>“Chinesepersonraisedoverseas”(theinsideishollowlikebamboopoles,signifyingthelackofChinesecultureintheirknowledge). Thewordwaschangedto竹升(“bamboorise”)fortabooreasons,since竿(gon1,“pole”)and降(gong3,“toreduce;tolower”)soundalikeinCantonese. Pronunciation[edit] Mandarin (Pinyin):zhúshēng (Zhuyin):ㄓㄨˊㄕㄥ Cantonese(Jyutping):zuk1sing1 Mandarin (StandardChinese) Pinyin:zhúshēng Zhuyin:ㄓㄨˊㄕㄥ GwoyeuRomatzyh:jwusheng TongyongPinyin:jhúsheng Wade–Giles:chu2-shêng1 SinologicalIPA(key):/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ Homophones:[Show/Hide]editedit竹升竹笙 Cantonese (StandardCantonese,Guangzhou)+ Jyutping:zuk1sing1 Yale:jūksīng CantonesePinyin:dzuk7sing1 GuangdongRomanization:zug1xing1 SinologicalIPA(key):/t͡sʊk̚⁵sɪŋ⁵⁵/ Noun[edit] 竹升 thickbamboopole (figuratively,derogatory)jook-sing(overseas-bornChineseperson) Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=竹升&oldid=66597004" Categories:ChinesetermsderivedfromCantoneseMandarintermswithhomophonesChineselemmasMandarinlemmasCantoneselemmasChinesenounsMandarinnounsCantonesenounsChinesetermswithIPApronunciationChinesederogatorytermsChinesetermsarisingfromtabooavoidance Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages Français