五筒

Chinese

		five	tube; cylinder
trad. (五筒)		五	筒
simp. #(五筒)		五	筒

The "5 Circle" mahjong tile.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔtǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǒng [Phonetic: wútǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǒng
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻung³
    • Yale: wǔ-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutoong
    • Palladius: утун (utun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ tung⁴
    • Yale: ńgh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

五筒

1. the "5 Circle" mahjong tile
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) military annexation; forced unification (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (Unicode) 🀝
• 五餅／五饼

Verb

五筒

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) to annex; to unify by force (generally used within the context of Taiwan)

Usage notes

• To circumvent censorship-based keyword filters, Internet users in Mainland China may use the homophone 五筒 (wǔtǒng) as a substitute of 武統／武统 (wǔtǒng, “military annexation”). These words are only homophones in Mandarin.