推普機

Chinese

		to promote Putonghua	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (推普機)		推普	機
simp. (推普机)		推普	机

Etymology

Near homophonous pair between 推普 (tuīpǔ, “Putonghua promotion”) and 推土 (tuītǔ, “to bulldoze”), possibly implying that radical Putonghua promotors destroy dialects as if they are bulldozers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuīpǔjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄆㄨˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ pou² gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuīpǔjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄆㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueipǔji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-pʻu³-chi¹
    • Yale: twēi-pǔ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueipuuji
    • Palladius: туйпуцзи (tujpuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ pou² gei¹
    • Yale: tēui póu gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ pou² gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ pou² géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

推普機

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, derogatory) radical Putonghua promoter