五毛

Chinese

		five	1/10th of a yuan (元 (yuán)); ten fen (分 (fēn))
simp. and trad. (五毛)		五	毛

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ mou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngô-mò̤

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmáo
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-mao²
    • Yale: wǔ-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumau
    • Palladius: умао (umao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmáor
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-mao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wǔ-máur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumaul
    • Palladius: умаор (umaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ mou⁴
    • Yale: ńgh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ mou̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngô-mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ mo⁵³/

Noun

五毛

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 五 (wǔ),‎ 毛 (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

• 五毛黨／五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng)
• 五美分 (wǔměifēn)
• 洋五毛 (yángwǔmáo)
• 自乾五／自干五 (zìgānwǔ)

 

Descendants

• → English: wumao