TDK

English

Etymology

Initialism of Philippine Hokkien 大陸仔／大陆仔 (tāi-lio̍k-á, “mainlander”), which is often perceived as "Tai Diok Ka" or "Tai Diok A", due to /l~d/ allophony usually preceding an /i/ vowel and the concept of forming initialisms from the consonant-sounding phonemes that syllables seemingly sound like they start with due to syllable assimilation in Philippine Hokkien. See also Taiwanese Mandarin 26.

Pronunciation

• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /tiˈdi.keɪ̯/

Noun

TDK (plural TDKs)

1. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial, slang) mainlander from mainland China; mainland Chinese (to differentiate from a Chinese Filipino raised in the Philippines or other Overseas Chinese)

Usage notes

• This term is usually used by younger generation Chinese Filipinos, such as Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z.
• Chinese Filipinos typically use this term to generally refer to usually an ethnic Chinese person or anyone from the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Synonyms

• PRC (Singapore)

Further reading

• Teresita Ang-See (2007) “Influx of New Chinese Immigrants to the Philippines: Problems and Challenges”, in Mette Thunø, editor, Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China‎^[1], volume NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, number 41, Copenhagen: NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, →ISBN, page 140
• Chee Kiong Tong (2010) “Hybridization and Chineseness in the Philippines: Primordialism and Identity Construction”, in Identity and Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia: Racializing Chineseness‎^[2], Singapore: Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 231
• Caroline S. Hau (2014) “The Chinese Question: Ethnicity, Nation, and Region in and Beyond the Philippines”, in Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies‎^[3], volume 12, NUS Press, →ISBN, page 13
• Juliet Lee Uytanlet (2016) “The Hybrid Tsinoys: Challenges of Hybridity and Homogeneity as Sociocultural Constructs among the Chinese in the Philippines”, in American Society of Missiology Monograph Series‎^[4], volume 28, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 88
• Sebastian Strangio (2020) “The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing”, in In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century‎^[5], Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 269

Turkish

Proper noun

TDK

1. Initialism of Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Association).