村八分

Chinese

		village	eight	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (村八分)		村	八	分
simp. #(村八分)		村	八	分

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 村(むら)八(はち)分(ぶ) (murahachibu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cūnbāfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cūnbāfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cunbafen
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun¹-pa¹-fên¹
    • Yale: tswūn-bā-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenbafen
    • Palladius: цуньбафэнь (cunʹbafɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/

Noun

村八分

1. murahachibu (a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them; ostracism)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
村	八	分
むら Grade: 1	はち Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 2
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むらはちぶ [mùráháchíꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɾa̠ha̠t͡ɕibɯ̟]

Noun

村(むら)八(はち)分(ぶ) • (murahachibu) 

1. ostracism; a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them