78

Translingual

Symbol

78 (previous 77, next 79)

1. The cardinal number seventy-eight.

English

Noun

78 (plural 78s or 78's)

1. (retronym) A gramophone record played at 78 revolutions per minute.
   • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 273:

     She swallowed hard, and her arm jerked sideways, knocking over a table lamp, which fell onto the record player, where our favourite 78 was spinning round.

Related terms

• 33
• 45

Chinese

Etymology

As a near-homonym 雞巴／鸡巴 (jība, “dick”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qībā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qībā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciba
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-pa¹
    • Yale: chī-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiba
    • Palladius: циба (ciba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/

Noun

78

1. (Internet slang, vulgar) alternative form of 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jībā)