公投

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to throw; to send
trad. (公投)		公	投
simp. #(公投)		公	投

Etymology

Short for 公民投票 (gōngmín tóupiào).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongtóu
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: gūng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtour
    • Palladius: гунтоу (guntou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: gūng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tâu
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tau²³/

Noun

公投

1. public voting; referendum; plebiscite

   入憲公投／入宪公投  ―  rùxiàn gōngtóu  ―  constitutional referendum

Derived terms

• 全民公投 (quánmín gōngtóu)