杯具
Chinese
drinkware; cup; glass | tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument | ||
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simp. and trad. (杯具) |
杯 | 具 | |
Literally: “cup (as a collective term)”. |
Etymology
Homophonic to 悲劇/悲剧 (bēijù, “tragedy”) in Mandarin.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄐㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: beijyù
- Wade–Giles: pei1-chü4
- Yale: bēi-jyù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijiuh
- Palladius: бэйцзюй (bɛjczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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杯具
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bui1 geoi6
- Yale: būi geuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bui1 goey6
- Guangdong Romanization: bui1 gêu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 杯具
- cup
- (neologism, euphemistic, often self-deprecatory, humorous) tragedy