一顆賽艇
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
(measure word for small spheres) | rowing boat; racing shell; rowing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一顆賽艇) | 一 | 顆 | 賽艇 | |
| simp. (一颗赛艇) | 一 | 颗 | 赛艇 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English exciting. Extracted from Jiang Zemin's speech when he was visiting the No. 2 Design Division of the First Ministry of Machine-Building (currently rebranded as China United Engineering).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): yīkēsàitǐng
- (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄜ ㄙㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄥˇ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīkēsàitǐng [Phonetic: yìkēsàitǐng]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄎㄜ ㄙㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yikesàitǐng
- Wade–Giles: i1-kʻo1-sai4-tʻing3
- Yale: yī-kē-sài-tǐng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikesaytiing
- Palladius: икэсайтин (ikɛsajtin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adjective
一顆賽艇
- (Mainland China, neologism, slang) exciting
Usage notes
This word is chiefly used in contexts related to the toad worship culture (Internet memes related to Jiang Zemin).