真理部

真理部

Chinese

		truth	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (真理部)		真理	部

Etymology

Calque of English Ministry of Truth, from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnlǐbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ lei⁵ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnlǐbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenlǐbù
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-li³-pu⁴
    • Yale: jēn-lǐ-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenliibuh
    • Palladius: чжэньлибу (čžɛnʹlibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ lei⁵ bou⁶
    • Yale: jān léih bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ lei⁵ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ léi⁵ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ pou̯²²/

Noun

真理部

1. (derogatory) a propaganda agency, especially one that is infamous for disseminating disinformation