高帽子

Chinese

		high; tall	hat; cap; headgear hat; cap; headgear; hood; label
simp. and trad. (高帽子)		高	帽子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāomàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ mou^6-2 zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāomàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaomàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-mao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gāu-màu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaumaw.tzy
    • Palladius: гаомаоцзы (gaomaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ mou^6-2 zi²
    • Yale: gōu móu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ mou^6-2 dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ mou^6-2 ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ mou̯²²⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

高帽子

1. (literally) tall hat (Classifier: 頂／顶)
   1. tall paper hat worn as a public humiliation

      • 把土豪劣紳戴上一頂紙扎的高帽子，在那帽子上面寫上土豪某某或劣紳某某字樣。 [MSC, trad.]
        把土豪劣绅戴上一顶纸扎的高帽子，在那帽子上面写上土豪某某或劣绅某某字样。 [MSC, simp.]

        From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

        Bǎ tǔháo lièshēn dàishàng yī dǐng zhǐ zhā de gāomàozi, zài nà màozi shàngmiàn xiěshàng tǔháo mǒumǒu huò lièshēn mǒumǒu zìyàng. [Pinyin]

        A tall paper-hat is stuck on the head of one of the local tyrants or evil gentry, bearing the words “Local tyrant so-and-so” or “So-and-so of the evil gentry”.

2. (figuratively) flattery
3. (figuratively) empty title or honor

Synonyms

• (flattery): 高帽 (gāomào)

Derived terms

• 戴高帽子 (dài gāomàozi)