孔老二

Chinese

		hole; surname	second eldest among one's siblings; deputy; assistant
trad. (孔老二)		孔	老二
simp. ^#(孔老二)		孔	老二

Etymology

From Confucius's courtesy name, 仲尼 Zhòngní, which implied he was second in seniority amongst his siblings.^[1] 老二 lǎo'èr denotes this, but can also mean "penis."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kǒnglǎo'èr

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄦˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kǒnglǎo'èr [Phonetic: kónglǎoèr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄦˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kǒnglǎo-èr
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻung³-lao³-êrh⁴
  - Yale: Kǔng-lǎu-èr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koonglaoell
  - Palladius: Кунлаоэр (Kunlaoer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/

Proper noun

孔老二

(historical, derogatory) Confucius (used during the Cultural Revolution)
- 1974, 吉林大学学报 [Jilin University Press], chapter 2, in 林彪与孔老二 [Lin Bao and Kong Lao'er], Zhonghua Book Company, page 10:
  “为了实现“复礼"的反动政治目的，孔老二时时刻刻都想做官。”
  "Wèile shíxiàn “fù lǐ"de fǎndòng zhèngzhì mùdì, kǒng lǎo èr shí shíkè kè dōu xiǎng zuò guān."
  "In order to achieve the reactionary goal of 'restoring rites', Kong Lao'er always wanted to become an official and conduct government."

References

^ 吉林大学学报 [Jilin University Press]. 1974. 林彪与孔老二 [Lin Bao and Kong Lao'er]. Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 3.

[1] 吉林大学学报 [Jilin University Press]. 1974. 林彪与孔老二 [Lin Bao and Kong Lao'er]. Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 3.

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