打棍子

打棍子

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	stick; rod; baton stick; rod; baton; club
simp. and trad. (打棍子)		打	棍子
Literally: “to come down with the big stick (upon sb.); to bludgeon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎgùnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄣˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gwan³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎgùnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄣˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaguenn.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ən⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gwan³ zi²
    • Yale: dá gwan jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gwan³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² guen³ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kʷɐn³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

打棍子

1. (figuratively, Mainland China) to attack and persecute (politically)