虫國

Chinese

		insect; worm	country; state; nation
trad. (虫國)		虫	國
simp. (虫国)		虫	国

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 虫(ちゅう)国(ごく) (Chūgoku). Also influenced by 蝗蟲 / 蝗虫 (huángchóng), a derogatory slang term in Hong Kong for Mainland Chinese people.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngguó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-kuo²
    • Yale: chúng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chornggwo
    • Palladius: чунго (čungo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: chùhng gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

虫國

1. (derogatory, Internet slang, slang, offensive, Hong Kong) People's Republic of China

Synonyms

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• 中 (abbreviation)
• 中共 (Zhōnggòng) (Taiwan, derogatory)
• 中共國 / 中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華 / 中华
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 契弟 (qìdì) (Hong Kong, Internet slang, derogatory)
• 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
• 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
• 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
• 牆國 / 墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
• 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
• 祖國 / 祖国 (zǔguó)
• 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
• 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
• 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
• 華 / 华 (abbreviation)
• 華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
• 蚛蟈 / 蚛蝈 (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
• 諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
• 諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
• 貴支 / 贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
• 贏國 / 赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
• 赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
• 赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)