公舉

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (公舉)		公	舉
simp. (公举)		公	举

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ geoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü³
    • Yale: gūng-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjeu
    • Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ geoi²
    • Yale: gūng géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

公舉

1. to elect publicly

Etymology 2

Likely a blend of non-tonal elements of Cantonese 公主 (gung¹ zyu²) + tones of Mandarin 公主 (gōngzhǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü³
    • Yale: gūng-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjeu
    • Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

公舉

1. (neologism, slang, cute-sounding) princess (young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish)