五筒

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔtǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ tung⁴

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

the "5 Circle" mahjong tile
(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

(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.