越共

Chinese

		Vietnam	communist party
simp. and trad. (越共)		越	共

Etymology

"Touhou Project fans"

Figurative. Named due to the ubiquity of its fan base, just like Vietcong soldiers hiding in the jungle in guerilla warfare.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuègòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuègòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuègòng
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-kung⁴
    • Yale: Ywè-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehgonq
    • Palladius: Юэгун (Juegun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ gung⁶
    • Yale: yuht guhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʊŋ²²/

Proper noun

越共

1. short for 越南共產黨／越南共产党 (Yuènán Gòngchǎndǎng, “Communist Party of Vietnam”)
2. (historical, informal) Vietcong
   • 1987, Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket (Chinese subtitle), spoken by Unnamed helicopter gunner (Tim Colceri):

     跑的是越共，站住不動的是訓練有素的越共！ [MSC, trad.]
     跑的是越共，站住不动的是训练有素的越共！ [MSC, simp.]

     Pǎo de shì yuègòng, zhàn zhù bùdòng de shì xùnliàn yǒu sù de yuègòng! [Pinyin]

     Anyone who run is a VC, anyone who stand still, is a well disciplined VC!

3. (Internet slang) Touhou Project fans

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
越	共

Proper noun

越共

1. chữ Hán form of Việt Cộng (“Communist Vietnam”)