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): ㄊㄨㄟㄆㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ pou² gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuīpǔjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟㄆㄨˇ 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

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

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