川

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰyøŋ⁵³³/

/t͡sʰzʷõ³³⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰyøŋ⁵³³/

/t͡sʰzʷõ³³⁴/

Pictogram (象形) – compare 水 (OC *qʰʷljilʔ), 川, and 𡿧.
The Middle and Old Chinese reconstruction of this word is phonologically problematic (STEDT):
* Karlgren (1957) notes that the Middle Chinese form is irregular based on evidence from Shijing rimes.
* Based on velar contacts in the same phonetic series, e.g. 巛, 甽 and 訓, Baxter (1992) and Schuessler (2007) reconstruct the word with a velar initial (Handel, 1998; Sagart, 1999), which undergoes irregular palatalization in the development to Middle Chinese (Baxter, 1992).
* Based on other characters in the same phonetic series, e.g. 順 and 馴, Sagart (1999), and later, Baxter and Sagart (2014), reconstructs 川 with a lateral initial and suggests that only a *t- prefix would account for the Middle Chinese initial /t͡ɕʰ/.
Schuessler (2007) relates this word to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river; valley”), whence 江 (OC *kroːŋ, “river”), 谷 (OC *kloːɡ, “valley”), Tibetan ཀླུང (klung, “river”), Burmese ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “stream”). STEDT notes that this does not account for the *-n coda.
STEDT instead compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; soak; spit”), whence 涕 (OC *tʰiːlʔ, “tears”), Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuj (“water; fluid; liquid”), Chepang तीः (“water; rain; river”); this depends on a reconstruction with a dental initial and requires positing an *‑n suffix not present in Tibeto-Burman languages.

cog

挺川

川粉

(Internet slang) Short for 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Donald Trump”).


大統領

ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

/tä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大統領.


迪斯尼樂園

ㄉㄧˊ ㄙ ㄋㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Дисыни лэюань

/ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/


迪士尼樂園

ㄉㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Дишини лэюань

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹ lɔːk̚² jyːn²¹/

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹ lɔːk̚² jyːn²¹/


米老鼠

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/


國情咨文

ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄗ ㄨㄣˊ

Гоцин Цзывэнь

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/

State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address

(US politics) State of the Union Address


奧巴馬

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ paː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ paː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

From English Obama, from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.

2008: 周琪 (Zhou Qi), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜？ ([Observations on the American Elections] Why did Obama have a great victory?)

Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì.

美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克·奧巴馬，這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。

美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克·奥巴马，这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) A transliteration of the English surname Obama


克林貢

ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

/kʰɤ⁵¹ lin³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/kʰɤ⁵¹ lin³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/


建國

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/kyoŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuɔʔ²⁴/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/

/kieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/

/t͡ɕi³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/kyoŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuɔʔ²⁴/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/

/kieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/

/t͡ɕi³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(chiefly Mainland China) the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949

(neologism, slang, humorous) Short for 川建國／川建国 (Chuān Jiànguó, “Donald Trump”).


迪士尼

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/

/ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni³⁵/

/tɪk̚² siː²² nei̯²¹/

/diɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²² n̠ʲi²³/


特朗普

/tʰɤ⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐk̚² lɔːŋ¹³ pʰou̯³⁵/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐk̚² lɔːŋ¹³ pʰou̯³⁵/

A transliteration of the English surname Trump


川普

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ pʰou⁵²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ pʰou⁵²/

Donald Trump, male, born on June 14 1946, (lives in) 725 Fifth Avenue, NYC

2015 May 18, 北京市高级人民法院 (Beijing Intermediate People's Court), 唐纳·川普与中华人民共和国国家工商行政管理总局商标评审委员会其他二审行政判决书

Tángnà Chuānpǔ, nán, 1946 nián 6 yuè 14 rì chūshēng, Niǔyuē Shì Dì-Wǔ Dàdào 725 hào.

唐納·川普，男，1946年6月14日出生，紐約市第五大道725號。

唐纳·川普，男，1946年6月14日出生，纽约市第五大道725号。


迪斯尼

(Mainland China) A transliteration of the English surname Disney


共和黨人

ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄤˇ ㄖㄣˊ

гунхэданжэнь

/kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ tɔːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ tɔːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Republican Party
w:Republican Party (United States)

(US politics) Republican (member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States)


南北戰爭

ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Наньбэй Чжаньчжэн

Nanʹbɛj Čžanʹčžɛn

/nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


石牆

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/


美國內戰

ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄢˋ

Мэйго Нэйчжань

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³ nɔːi̯²² t͡siːn³³/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³ nɔːi̯²² t͡siːn³³/

南北戰爭 南北戰爭#Chinese

南北战争 南北战争#Chinese

Alternative name for 南北戰爭／南北战争 (Nánběi Zhànzhēng, “American Civil War”).


老布什

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

George H. W. Bush, 41ˢᵗ president of the United States


小布什

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

George W. Bush, 43ʳᵈ president of the United States


老川

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

From 老 (“a prefix used before surnames to refer to heads or elder members of families”), and 川普 (“Trump”).

zh-l

(American (1980–), neologism, endearing) Donald Trump


川粉

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


床破

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Corruption of 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Trump”) or English Trump.


海灣戰爭

ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Хайвань Чжаньчжэн

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


反共義士

ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

(Taiwan, historical) Anti-Communist Hero (an honorific bestowed to Chinese defectors to Taiwan)


石牆暴動

ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

Шицян Баодун

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/


美國獨立戰爭

ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Мэйго Дули Чжаньчжэн

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ tu³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³ tʊk̚² laːp̚² t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War


葛底斯堡

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

葛底斯堡戰役

葛底斯堡战役

Gettysburg (a borough, the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States)


葛底斯堡演說

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

Гэдисыбао Яньшо

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/


搖擺州

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


雷根主義

ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄣ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/leɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/


懂王

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

From Trump's habit of saying he knows "more about [various things] than anybody", which is usually translated to "", especially in news headlines.

沒有人比我更懂……

没有人比我更懂……

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Donald Trump


川建國

ㄔㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Чуань Цзяньго

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/

The name of Trump, 川普 (Chuānpǔ), remoulded into a sarcastic pseudo-Chinese name.
It originated from his campaign slogan "make America great again" and a humorous opinion amongst netizens that Trump is in fact an undercover agent for China to destroy the United States, as his various actions (and inactions) as the US president actually tarnish the image of the US more so than embellish it, and are thereby "making China great".
建國／建国 (jiànguó, “to build/found the nation”) is a given name with patriotic undertones, commonly given to someone born around the Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949), such as Trump.

(neologism, slang, humorous) Donald Trump


奧觀海

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

A pseudo-Chinese name.
The surname is a clipping of 奧巴馬／奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ, “Obama”), and the given name originated from a calligraphy given to Barack Obama during his trip to China in 2009 that contained the following four characters:
:
This idiom-like phrase may be interpreted as a pun on the Chinese leadership, with “ocean” (海) referencing 中南海 (Zhōngnánhǎi, “Zhongnanhai; the central headquarters for the Communist Party of China”), and “roaring waves” (濤) referencing 胡錦濤 (Hú Jǐntāo, the Chinese president at the time), making this translate to “watching the central government and listening to President Hu”, something a Chinese ally would do.

奧巴馬／奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ, “Obama”)

Watching the ocean and listening to the roaring waves

觀海聽濤

观海听涛

(neologism, slang, humorous) Barack Obama


唐床破

ㄊㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄛˋ

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

(neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory) Donald Trump


懂帝

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Alternative name for 懂王 (Dǒngwáng, “Donald Trump”).


特沒譜

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump


川寶

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

From 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Trump”) and 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi, “baby”).


川皇

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/


侵侵

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/

From 當勞侵 (dong1 lou4-1 cam1, “Donald Trump”), a name used in Hong Kong.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, endearing) Donald Trump


地下鐵路

ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ

/ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

/ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

Etymology tree
Chinese 地
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/j/tder.?
Chinese 下 (xià)
Chinese 地下
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak
Chinese 鐵 /铁 (tiě)
Chinese 格?
Chinese 路 (lù)
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no-der.?
Proto-Celtic *īsarnombor.
Proto-Germanic *īsarną
Proto-West Germanic *īsarn
Old High German īsarn
Middle High German īsern
German Eisen
Middle High German ban
German Bahn
German Eisenbahncalq.
Chinese 鐵路 /铁路 (tiělù)
Chinese 地下鐵路 /地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù)

etymon

Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad


瞌睡喬

ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Calque of English Sleepy Joe, the nickname for Joe Biden coined by his political opponent Donald Trump.

(neologism, humorous, sarcastic) Sleepy Joe; Joe Biden


特不靠譜

ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇ

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


川黑

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/


拔川

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/pä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to remove Donald Trump from office


挺川

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) to support Donald Trump


驢黨

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ly³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Democratic Party (United States)


象黨

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(metonymically) Republican Party (United States)


侵粉

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

(neologism, Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) Trumpster; Trump supporter


特粉

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, slang) Trumpster; Trump supporter


紅州

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


藍州

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/län³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/laːm²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


歐巴馬

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Taiwan) A transliteration of the English surname Obama


祖阿夫

/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

Borrowed from French Zouave or Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).

(military, historical) Zouave (a kind of soldier in the French service, or the volunteer counterpart in the army of the United States in the Civil War)


華川粉

ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄈㄣˇ

хуачуаньфэнь

/xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(slang, neologism) Donald Trump supporter of Chinese descent


經互會

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

(historical) Short for 經濟互助委員會／经济互助委员会 (Jīngjì Hùzhù Wěiyuánhuì, “Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Comecon”).


通共

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ³³ kiɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ³³ kiɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/

Another 'crime' fabricated by the Chun Doo-hwan regime against Kim Dae-jung was being procommunist, condoning communism and endorsing the policies of the northern half of the Republic (referring to D.P.R. Korea).

1980 Sept. 20, 《支持南朝鲜人民反对独裁和争取民主的正义斗争 各国政府和舆论抗议判处金大中死刑》, in People's Daily（《人民日报》）, page 6

Quán Dǒuhuàn jítuán wèi Jīn Dàzhōng luózhī de lìngyī “zuìxíng” shì tōnggòng, rónggòng, zàntóng gònghéguó běibànbù de zhèngcè.

全斗煥集團為金大中羅織的另一“罪行”是通共、容共，贊同共和國北半部的政策。

全斗焕集团为金大中罗织的另一“罪行”是通共、容共，赞同共和国北半部的政策。

to collude with or have correspondence to communist force; to be associated with or secretly support communist ideologies or activities (as a serious offence or charge against somebody in certain Western Bloc countries.)


巴統

/pä⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Short for 巴黎統籌委員會／巴黎统筹委员会 (Bālí tǒngchóu wěiyuánhuì, “Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls; CoCom, international organization of the Western bloc established to enforce arms embargo against the Communist Bloc”).


大逃港

/tä⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

detection wave from the People's Republic of China to British Hong Kong (that occurred between 1950s to the 70s)


昭昭天命

ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

чжаочжао тяньмин

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/


光劍

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/


佛波勒

/fu̯ɔ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/fu̯ɔ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

From the pinyin readings of the letters F, B and L, which is a pseudo initialism of English Federal Bureau of Investigation. The use of L instead of I is due to the resemblance of lowercase l (el) to uppercase I (i) under sans-serif fonts.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation

(Mainland China, neologism, humorous) the FBI; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the police


美利堅聯盟國

ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Мэйлицзянь Ляньмэнго

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵ lyːn²¹ mɐŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America

(historical) Confederate States of America


美利堅邦聯

ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄤ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

Мэйлицзянь Банлянь

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵ lyːn²¹ pɔːŋ⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/


拜振華

ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

Бай Чжэньхуа

/paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/paːi̯³³ t͡sɐn³³ waː²¹/

/paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/paːi̯³³ t͡sɐn³³ waː²¹/

The name of Biden, 拜登 (Bàidēng), reformed into a sarcastic pseudo-Chinese name based on the phrase 振興中華 /振兴中华 (Wikipedia). Formed as a counterpart to 川建國 /川建国 (Chuān Jiànguó, “Trump the Nation-Builder”) around the 2020 United States presidential election on the belief that Biden would be less tough on China compared to Trump.


波斯灣戰爭

ㄅㄛ ㄙ ㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Босывань Чжаньчжэн

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


衛星國

ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/


衛星國家

ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

вэйсин гоцзя

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/


禁穆令

ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ mʊk̚² lɪŋ²²/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ mʊk̚² lɪŋ²²/

So named because the executive order targets Muslim-majority countries, despite citizens of such countries are refused regardless of their religion.

Executive Order 13769, an executive order signed by Donald Trump that prohibited all Iranian, Iraqi, Libyan, Sudanese, Yemeni, Syrian and Somalian citizens from entering the United States


東方集團

ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ

Дунфан Цзитуань

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːp̚² tʰyːn²¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːp̚² tʰyːn²¹/


老登

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

Dialect. Originally predominantly written as 老燈／老灯 (lǎodēng), changes occurred around Joe Biden took office as the 46th president of United States, for his family name is transliterated as 拜登 (Bàidēng). Some suggest the eponym of this word is 登徒子 (dēngtúzǐ) (a fictional character in the classic story Master Tēng-t'u 《登徒子好色賦》, see Arthur Waley's translation for details), thereafter becoming an allusion and vernacular in some Mandarin dialects.

zh-l

老燈／老灯 (lǎodēng)

gl

(neologism, Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) Joe Biden


羅斯福新政

ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙ ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄥˋ

Лосыфу Синьчжэн

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ fu³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ fu³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/


哈哈姐

/xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Blend of 哈哈 (hāhā, “onomatopoeia for laugh”) + 哈里斯 (Hālǐsī, “Harris”), due to her frequent laughter at public events, which was picked up by Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.

blend

(Mainland China, neologism, slang, humorous) Kamala Harris


巴特寮

/pä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ tɐk̚² liːu̯²¹/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ tɐk̚² liːu̯²¹/

Borrowed from Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo).