Chinese

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five 1/10th of a yuan ( (yuán)); ten fen ( (fēn))
simp. and trad.
(五毛)
 
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Etymology

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From rumors alleging that shills hired by the Chinese government receive 50 cents for every pro-government post they post on the internet.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (4) (4)
Final () (23) (89) (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter nguX maw mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔX/ /maw/ /mawH/
Li
Rong
/ŋoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Wang
Li
/ŋuX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋuoX/ /mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máo mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng5 mou4 mou6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
máo
Middle
Chinese
‹ nguX › ‹ maw ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋˁaʔ/ /*C.mˁaw/
English five hair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 13147 8780 8791
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːʔ/ /*maːw/ /*maːws/

Noun

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五毛

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (),‎ (máo).
  2. (neologism, derogatory) shill of the Communist Party of China; wumao
  3. (neologism, derogatory, chiefly) supporter of the Communist Party of China

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: wumao
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