localization

en-noun

localization (countable and uncountable, plural localizations)

/ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

From localize + -ation; compare French localisation.

გაქართულება

specifically meaning localization to Georgian only

James has been responsible for the government works programme. He is the last expatriate senior official left in the administration, apart from the Attorney General, Jeremy Mathews. It has been a remarkably swift and comprehensive process of localization, and the competence of government in Hong Kong has not suffered an iota. His departure is a significant day for Hong Kong.

2022, Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

(HK politics, specifically) The switch of positions in power from the colonizing population to the local population.


藍

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (藍):
* → Japanese: 藍(らん) (ran)
* → Korean: 람(藍) (ram)
* → Vietnamese: lam (藍)

desc

→ Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ŋglam ~ ŋgram (“indigo”)

White Hmong: nkaj

→ Proto-Tai: *g.raːmᴬ (“indigo”)

Thai: คราม (kraam)

Lao: ຄາມ (khām)

Zhuang: gyaemq (“purple-red”)

→ Proto-Tai: *kromꟲ (“indigo”)

Thai: ฮ่อม (hɔ̂ɔm)

Zhuang: romj, goromj

→? Proto-Vietic: *ɟaːm (“indigo”)

Muong: chàm

Vietnamese: chàm

→ Khmer: ត្រុំ (trom)

→ Zhuang: lamz

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːm): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ram (“indigo”); cognate with Lepcha ᰛᰤᰨᰮ (ryom), Mru [script needed] (charam), Tibetan རམས (rams, “indigo”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019). However, Laufer (1916) considers the Tibetan word to be borrowed from Chinese.
Schuessler (2007) considers this an areal word, possibly from Southeast Asia; cf. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum (“indigo plant and dye”) (> Malay tarum).

cog

Burmese ခရမ်း (hka.ram:, “purple, violet”)

(HK politics) supportive of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong government


/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚² t͡sʰɐt̚² t͡sʰɐt̚²/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚² t͡sʰɐt̚² t͡sʰɐt̚²/

Named after the number of support votes she received (777 Election Committee votes).

(HK politics, neologism, slang, derogatory) Carrie Lam


手足

/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

(neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors


黃絲

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

(HK politics) supporter of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement


新東

/ɕin⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/ɕin⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

(New Territories East): Short for 新界東／新界东.

(HK politics) New Territories East (Legislative Council constituency)


泛民

Short for 泛民主派 (fànmínzhǔpài, “pan-democracy camp”).

zh-etym-short

泛民人士應積極爭取加入

泛民人士应积极争取加入

(HK politics) pro-democracy camp; pan-democrats


藍絲

/län³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/län³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

(HK politics) supporter of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong government


泛民主派

ㄈㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄆㄞˋ

фаньминьчжупай

/fän⁵¹ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/faːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³/

/faːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵/

/fän⁵¹ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/faːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³/

/faːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵/


民主派

ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄆㄞˋ

/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³/

/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵/

/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³/

/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ pʰaːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵/


犯民

From 泛民 (faan6 man4, “pro-democracy camp; pan-democrats”).

zh-l

(chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese, HK politics, derogatory) pro-democracy camp; pan-democrats


反送中

ㄈㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/faːn³⁵ sʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/faːn³⁵ sʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

(HK politics, neologism) to be opposed to the introduction of the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill; to be anti-extradition


修例風波

ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄛ

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/

(neologism, HK politics, often officialese) 2019–20 Hong Kong protests


反修例

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/faːn³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/faːn³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/

2021, Legislative Council Panel on Education, “LC Paper No. CB(4)924/20-21(01)”, in Documents of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, page 1:

Since the ‘anti-extradition amendment bill’ incidents in 2019, the Education Bureau (EDB) has received considerable number of complaints about suspected professional misconduct of teachers. This paper aims to brief Members of the progress of handling these by the EDB and the recommendations on further upholding the professionalism of teachers.

Zì 2019 nián fǎnxiūlì shìjiàn yǐlái, jiàoyùjú shōudào bùshào guānyú jiàoshī shèxián wéifǎn zhuānyè cāoshǒu de tóusù, běn wénjiàn zhǐzài xiàng wěiyuánhuì huìbào jiàoyù jú chùlǐ zhèxiē gè'àn de jìnzhǎn, yǐjí jìnyībù wéihù jiàoshī zhuānyè de jiànyì.

自2019年反修例事件以來，教育局收到不少關於教師涉嫌違反專業操守的投訴，本文件旨在向委員會匯報教育局處理這些個案的進展，以及進一步維護教師專業的建議。

自2019年反修例事件以来，教育局收到不少关于教师涉嫌违反专业操守的投诉，本文件旨在向委员会汇报教育局处理这些个案的进展，以及进一步维护教师专业的建议。

(HK politics, neologism, often officialese) to be opposed to the introduction of the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill; to be anti-extradition


剪布

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ po⁴¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹¹/

/t͡siɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɤ²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ po⁴¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹¹/

/t͡siɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɤ²¹/


黃屍

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

(Mainland China, in regards to HK politics, derogatory) Alternative form of 黃絲／黄丝 (huángsī)


忠誠的廢物

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ

чжунчэн дэ фэйу

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ d̥ə³ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ tɪk̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ d̥ə³ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ tɪk̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/

忠誠廢物 忠誠廢物#Chinese

忠诚废物 忠诚废物#Chinese

(neologism, HK politics, derogatory) Alternative form of 忠誠廢物／忠诚废物 (zhōngchéng fèiwù)


忠誠廢物

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ

чжунчэн фэйу

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/

From Chinese scholar Tian Feilong's editorial Patriots Administering Hong Kong: A New Birth of Hong Kong's Democracy published on Ming Pao

The Central Government determined neither to create rubber stamps nor "loyal rubbish", but rather virtuous and talented patriots.

Zhōngyāng juéxīn dǎzào de bùshì xiàngpítúzhāng huò zhōngchéng de fèiwù, érshì xiánnéng de àiguózhě.

中央決心打造的不是橡皮圖章或忠誠的廢物，而是賢能的愛國者。

中央决心打造的不是橡皮图章或忠诚的废物，而是贤能的爱国者。

2021 December 21, Central News Agency, 香港立法會選舉／改變忠誠廢物局面 親北京新舊建制派互補 (HK LegCo Election: Changing the Situation of "Loyal Rubbish", New and Old Pro-Beijing Pro-establishment Complements Each Other):

Under the careful planning of Beijing, observers believe that many freshmen and a variety of people from different interest group will enter the current parliament. Whether they will become new members of the pro-establishment camp or are only "loyal rubbish" should be waited.

Zài Běijīng fāngmiàn de “jīngxīn cèhuà” xià, wàijiè xiàngxìn jiāng huì yǒu hěnduō xīnrén jí bùtóng jièbié de rén jìnrù běnjiè yìhuì, dàn tāmen dāngxuǎn hòu shìfǒu huì chéngwéi jiànzhì zhènyíng de shēnglìjūn, yìhuò zhǐshì “zhōngchéng fèiwù” de jìchéngzhě, qiě shìmùyǐdài.

在北京方面的「精心策劃」下，外界相信將會有很多新人及不同界別的人進入本屆議會，但他們當選後是否會成為建制陣營的生力軍，抑或只是「忠誠廢物」的繼承者，且拭目以待。

在北京方面的「精心策划」下，外界相信将会有很多新人及不同界别的人进入本届议会，但他们当选后是否会成为建制阵营的生力军，抑或只是「忠诚废物」的继承者，且拭目以待。

2021 March 18, HK01, 做好建制精英 何須對號入座「忠誠廢物」？ (Doing your Role as Pro-establishment Elite is Enough, Why Associate yourself with "Loyal Rubbish"?):

Should one carefully read Tian Feilong's article, it is not hard to understand that "loyal rubbish" is not targeted against the pro-establishment camp.

Rúguǒ xì yuè Tián Fēilóng de wénzhāng, bù nán kànchū tā suǒ tíjí de “zhōngchéng de fèiwù”, bìng bùshì zhēnduì jiànzhìpài.

如果細閱田飛龍的文章，不難看出他所提及的「忠誠的廢物」，並不是針對建制派。

如果细阅田飞龙的文章，不难看出他所提及的「忠诚的废物」，并不是针对建制派。

(neologism, HK politics, derogatory) an incompetent pro-establishment politician who regularly flatters officials without doing anything useful


九東

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

(HK politics) Kowloon East (Legislative Council constituency)


九西

/kɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

(HK politics) Kowloon West (Legislative Council constituency)


新西

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

(HK politics) New Territories West (Legislative Council constituency)


三會

/saːm⁵⁵ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/saːm⁵⁵ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

(HK politics, neologism) the three committees of District Fight Crime Committees, District Fire Safety Committees, and Area Committees of a district


屌票

/tiːu̯³⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/

/tiːu̯³⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, HK politics, vulgar, derogatory, of politicians) to criticise voters for not voting for a certain party


掌心雷

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ leɪ̯³⁵/

/t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui¹³/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui¹³/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²³/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²³/

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ leɪ̯³⁵/

/t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui¹³/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻²² lui¹³/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²⁴/

/t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²³/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²³/

(HK politics) a type of electoral fraud where palm-sized paper are given to potential and susceptible voters before voting


白紙草案

ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ

байчжи цаоань

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/

/paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ɔːn³³/

/paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ɔːn³³/

Draft bills are printed and gazetted on white paper, as opposed to bills officially submitted to the Legislative Council that are printed on blue paper.

(HK politics) draft bill; a bill that is released to solicit public opinions.


八萬五

/paːt̚³ maːn²² ŋ̍¹³/

/paːt̚³ maːn²² ŋ̍¹³/

So called as Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa pledged to build 85,000 public housing flats annually in the plan.

(HK politics) the public housing expansion plan announced by Tung Chee-hwa, which eventually failed due to the Asian financial crisis