中坊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中 坊
ちゅう
Grade: 1 		ぼう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From 中学生 (“middle-school student”) + 坊主 (“Buddhist monk, kiddo”); comparing another Internet user's immaturity to that of a typical middle-school student.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゅうぼー [chùúbóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨːbo̞ː]

Noun

中(ちゅう)坊(ぼう) • (chūbō) 

  1. (education) middle-school student
  2. (Internet slang) an Internet troll
  3. (Internet slang) a noob

Etymology 2

Proper noun

中坊(なかぼう) • (Nakabō) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ [1], Japanese Language Stack Exchange
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