公舉

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (公舉)		公	舉
simp. (公举)		公	举

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngjǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ geoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü³
  - Yale: gūng-jyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjeu
  - Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ geoi²
  - Yale: gūng géui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ goey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

公舉

to elect publicly

Etymology 2

Likely a blend of non-tonal elements of Cantonese 公主 (gung¹ zyu²) + tones of Mandarin 公主 (gōngzhǔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngjǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü³
  - Yale: gūng-jyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjeu
  - Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

公舉

(neologism, slang, cute-sounding) princess (young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish)

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