中共肺炎

Chinese

		Communist Party of China; People's Republic of China; Red China	pneumonia
trad. (中共肺炎)		中共	肺炎
simp. ^#(中共肺炎)		中共	肺炎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōnggòng fèiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gung⁶ fai³ jim⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnggòng fèiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonggòng fèiyán
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-kung⁴ fei⁴-yen²
  - Yale: Jūng-gùng fèi-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonggonq feyyan
  - Palladius: Чжунгун фэйянь (Čžungun fɛjjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gung⁶ fai³ jim⁴
  - Yale: jūng guhng fai yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gung⁶ fai³ jim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gung⁶ fei³ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²² fɐi̯³³ jiːm²¹/

Noun

中共肺炎

(derogatory) COVID-19

Usage notes

Used with the pointed political implication that the Chinese government is responsible for the virus's fabrication and/or release.
Widely used among Falun Gong practitioners.

Synonyms

中共病毒 (Zhōnggòng bìngdú)
新冠肺炎 (xīnguān fèiyán)
武漢肺炎／武汉肺炎 (Wǔhàn fèiyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	共	肺	炎
ちゅう Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 4	はい Grade: 6	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːkʲo̞ː ha̠iẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)共(きょう)肺(はい)炎(えん) • (chūkyō haien)

(derogatory, informal, sometimes offensive) COVID-19
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:中共肺炎.

Usage notes

Since this term links COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 to China and the Chinese Communist Party, it may be considered offensive or exclusionary. Compare English Wuhan flu, Chinese virus, etc. Other informal terms such as コロナ (korona, “coronavirus”) are usually considered neutral.