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): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gung⁶ beng⁶ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnggòng bìngdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ 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

1. (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)