支那通

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīnàtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīnàtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihnàtong
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-na⁴-tʻung¹
    • Yale: jr̄-nà-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jynahtong
    • Palladius: чжинатун (čžinatun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

支那通

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

Synonyms

• 中國通／中国通 (Zhōngguótōng)

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

• IPA^(key): [ɕina̠t͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

支(し)那(な)通(つう) • (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. [1]

     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.