諷刺

See also: 讽刺 and 風刺

Chinese

satirize
 
thorn; sting; prick
thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
trad. (諷刺) 諷 刺
simp. (讽刺) 讽 刺
alternative forms 風刺/风刺

Etymology

Attestable from at least the Northern and Southern dynasties (420–589). In modern Chinese, popularised as reborrowed from Japanese 諷刺(ふうし) (fūshi).

Pronunciation


Note: fung2 ci3 - variant.

Rime
Character 諷 刺
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方鳳切 七賜切
Baxter pjuwngH tshjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuŋH/ /t͡sʰiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuŋH/ /t͡sʰiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuŋH/ /t͡sʰjɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwŋH/ /t͡sʰiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/piuŋH/ /t͡sʰieH/
Wang
Li
/pĭuŋH/ /t͡sʰǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uŋH/ /t͡sʰie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fèng cì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung3 ci3

Verb

諷刺

  1. (transitive) to satirise; to mock; to ridicule (using indirect language)
  2. (literary) to advise in a mild and indirect manner

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諷 刺
ふう
Hyōgaiji
し
Grade: S
goon on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 諷刺 – see the following entry.
【風刺ふうし】
[noun] satire
[noun] irony; sarcasm
[verb] to satirize
(This term, 諷刺, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
諷刺

Noun

諷刺 • (pungja) (hangeul 풍자)

  1. Hanja form? of 풍자 (“satire; sarcasm”).
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