中共病毒

Chinese

		Communist Party of China; People's Republic of China; Red China	virus; virus
trad. (中共病毒)		中共	病毒
simp. ^#(中共病毒)		中共	病毒

Etymology

The term "CCP virus" was first coined by Josh Rogin in his article “Don’t blame ‘China’ for the coronavirus — blame the Chinese Communist Party” at The Washington Post. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōnggòng bìngdú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gung⁶ beng⁶ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnggòng bìngdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonggòng bìngdú
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-kung⁴ ping⁴-tu²
  - Yale: Jūng-gùng bìng-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggonq binqdwu
  - Palladius: Чжунгун бинду (Čžungun bindu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gung⁶ beng⁶ duk⁶
  - Yale: jūng guhng behng duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gung⁶ beng⁶ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gung⁶ béng⁶ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²² pɛːŋ²² tʊk̚²/

Noun

中共病毒

(derogatory, offensive) CCP virus, i.e. COVID-19

Usage notes

Used with the pointed political implication that the Chinese government is responsible for the virus's fabrication and/or release.
Widely used among Falun Gong practitioners, and by Hong Kong and Taiwan pro-democratic activists.

Synonyms

中共肺炎 (Zhōnggòng fèiyán)
新冠肺炎 (xīnguān fèiyán)
武漢肺炎／武汉肺炎 (Wǔhàn fèiyán)

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