# 忠誠廢物
## Chinese

| | | loyal; faithful; loyaltyloyal; faithful; loyalty; fidelity; faithfulness | waste; garbage; rubbishwaste; garbage; rubbish; incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing |
| trad. (忠誠廢物) | trad. (忠誠廢物) | 忠誠 | 廢物 |
| simp. (忠诚废物) | simp. (忠诚废物) | 忠诚 | 废物 |
| Literally: “loyal rubbish”. ||||
* 忠誠廢物

### Alternative forms

* 忠誠的廢物／忠诚的废物 (zhōngchéng de fèiwù)

### Etymology

From Chinese scholar Tian Feilong's editorial Patriots Administering Hong Kong: A New Birth of Hong Kong's Democracy published on Ming Pao:
    中央決心打造的不是橡皮圖章或忠誠的廢物，而是賢能的愛國者。 [MSC, trad.]中央决心打造的不是橡皮图章或忠诚的废物，而是贤能的爱国者。 [MSC, simp.]Zhōngyāng juéxīn dǎzào de bùshì xiàngpítúzhāng huò zhōngchéng de fèiwù, érshì xiánnéng de àiguózhě. [Pinyin]The Central Government determined neither to create rubber stamps nor "loyal rubbish", but rather virtuous and talented patriots.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōngchéng fèiwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ sing$^4$ fai$^3$ mat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngchéng fèiwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongchéng fèiwù
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-chʻêng$^2$ fei$^4$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: jūng-chéng fèi-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongcherng feywuh
*** Palladius: чжунчэн фэйу (čžunčɛn fɛju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ sing$^4$ fai$^3$ mat$^6$
*** Yale: jūng sìhng fai maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ sing$^4$ fai$^3$ mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ xing$^4$ fei$^3$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/

### Noun

忠誠廢物
* (neologism, HK politics, derogatory) an incompetent pro-establishment politician who regularly flatters officials without doing anything useful [from 2021]
** 2021 December 21, Central News Agency, 香港立法會選舉／改變忠誠廢物局面 親北京新舊建制派互補 (HK LegCo Election: Changing the Situation of "Loyal Rubbish", New and Old Pro-Beijing Pro-establishment Complements Each Other)‎:
       Zài Běijīng fāngmiàn de “jīngxīn cèhuà” xià, wàijiè xiàngxìn jiāng huì yǒu hěnduō xīnrén jí bùtóng jièbié de rén jìnrù běnjiè yìhuì, dàn tāmen dāngxuǎn hòu shìfǒu huì chéngwèi jiànzhì zhènyíng de shēnglìjūn, yìhuò zhǐshì “zhōngchéng fèiwù” de jìchéngzhě, qiě shìmùyǐdài. [Pinyin]
       Under the careful planning of Beijing, observers believe that many freshmen and a variety of people from different interest group will enter the current parliament. Whether they will become new members of the pro-establishment camp or are only "loyal rubbish" should be waited.
** 2021 March 18, HK01, 做好建制精英　何須對號入座「忠誠廢物」？ (Doing your Role as Pro-establishment Elite is Enough, Why Associate yourself with "Loyal Rubbish"?)‎:
       Rúguǒ xì yuè Tián Fēilóng de wénzhāng, bù nán kànchū tā suǒ tíjí de “zhōngchéng de fèiwù”, bìng bùshì zhēnduì jiànzhìpài. [Pinyin]
       Should one carefully read Tian Feilong's article, it is not hard to understand that "loyal rubbish" is not targeted against the pro-establishment camp.

#### Quotations

* For more quotations using this term, see Citations:忠誠廢物.

### References

* ↑ 田飛龍 (2021 March 3) “愛國者治港：香港民主的新生”, in Ming Pao‎, retrieved 2022-04-06