八股

Chinese

		eight	share; portion; section share; portion; section; part; thigh; (a measure word, e.g., use with electric current); whiff
trad. (八股)		八	股
simp. ^#(八股)		八	股

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-kó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bagǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-ku³
  - Yale: bā-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baguu
  - Palladius: багу (bagu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ gu²
  - Yale: baat gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pat-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: patkor
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

八股

(historical) eight-legged essay
(figurative) stereotyped writing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 八股 (“eight-legged essay”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八股, 八股文
Southern Min	Xiamen	八比仔
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	八比仔

Derived terms

八股文 (bāgǔwén)
八股文章
老八股
黨八股／党八股 (dǎngbāgǔ)

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