五四三

Chinese

		five	four	three
simp. and trad. (五四三)		五	四	三

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔsìsān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄙˋ ㄙㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gō͘-sì-saⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔsìsān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄙˋ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsìhsan
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ssŭ⁴-san¹
    • Yale: wǔ-sz̀-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuusyhsan
    • Palladius: усысань (usysanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-sì-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: gōo-sì-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxsiesvaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁴¹ sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ si¹¹⁻⁵³ sã⁴⁴/

Noun

五四三

1. (Taiwan) meaningless words

Etymology 2

From 五講四美三熱愛, the ideological education campaign promoted in mainland China in the early 1980s.

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): gou³ so⁴ sang¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou³ so⁴ sang¹ [Phonetic: gou⁵ lo¹ lang¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔu⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lo⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)laŋ⁵³³/

Noun

五四三

1. (Putian Puxian Min, slang) officer of a City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau in China; chengguan

References

• “五四三”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “五四三”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 237.