黨八股

Chinese

		party; association; club party; association; club; society	eight-legged essay; stereotyped writing
trad. (黨八股)		黨	八股
simp. (党八股)		党	八股

Etymology

Coined by Mao Zedong in his speech titled 反對黨八股 (Oppose Stereotyped Party Writing) delivered on 8 February, 1942 at a cadres' meeting in Yan'an, Shaanxi.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎngbāgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ ㄅㄚㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dong² baat³ gu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎngbāgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ ㄅㄚㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎngbagǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tang³-pa¹-ku³
  - Yale: dǎng-bā-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daangbaguu
  - Palladius: данбагу (danbagu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dong² baat³ gu²
  - Yale: dóng baat gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dong² baat⁸ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dong² bad³ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ³⁵ paːt̚³ kuː³⁵/

Noun

黨八股

(derogatory) stereotyped writing of the Communist Party of China, containing dull language and empty verbiage

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