支那通

支那通

Chinese

		China	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
simp. and trad. (支那通)		支那	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhīnàtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhīnàtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jynahtong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

支那通

1. (obsolete, often derogatory) China expert or sinologue (term formerly used by the Japanese)

Synonyms

• 中國通／中国通 (Zhōngguótōng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	那	通
し Grade: 5	な Grade: S	つう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

支那 (Shina) +‎ 通 (-tsū).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕina̠t͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

支那通 (hiragana しなつう, rōmaji Shina-tsū)

1. (obsolete) China expert or sinologue; China hand
   • 2004, 坂西利八郎 (Rihachirō Banzai) in 20世紀日本人名事典. Nichigai Associates, Inc.

     支 (し)那 (な)通 (つう)として青 (あお)木 (き)宣純 (のぶずみ)の後 (こう)継 (けい)者 (しゃ)となり、中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)併 (へい)呑 (どん)論 (ろん)を主 (しゅ)張 (ちょう)した。

     Shina-tsū to shite Aoki Nobuzumi no kōkeisha to nari, Chūgoku heidon-ron o shuchō shita.

     As a China hand he was a successor of Nobuzumi Aoki and espoused the idea of annexation of China.