臭蟲論

Chinese

		stinky bug; bedbug	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (臭蟲論)		臭蟲	論
simp. (臭虫论)		臭虫	论

Etymology

Coined by Chinese novelist and essayist Lu Xun in his essay 《外國也有》 (Foreign countries have it too).

外國人說中國多臭蟲，但西洋也有臭蟲。 [MSC, trad.]

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外国人说中国多臭虫，但西洋也有臭虫。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 1933, Lu Xun, 《外國也有》 (Foreign countries have it too)

Wàiguórén shuō zhōngguó duō chòuchóng, dàn xīyáng yě yǒu chòuchóng. [Pinyin]

The foreigners say that there are many bedbugs in China, but there are bedbugs in Western countries too.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòuchónglùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³ cung⁴ leon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòuchónglùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòuchónglùn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴-chʻung²-lun⁴
    • Yale: chòu-chúng-lwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowchorngluenn
    • Palladius: чоучунлунь (čoučunlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³ cung⁴ leon⁶
    • Yale: chau chùhng leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³ tsung⁴ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³ cung⁴ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ lɵn²²/

Noun

臭蟲論

1. tu quoque; whataboutism