冷智識

Chinese

		cold	intelligence and insight
trad. (冷智識)		冷	智識
simp. (冷智识)		冷	智识

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ zi³ sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-tì-sek

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laang⁵ zi³ sik¹
  - Yale: láahng ji sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ dzi³ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ ji³ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ t͡siː³³ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-tì-sek
  - Tâi-lô: líng-tì-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefngdieseg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

冷智識

(Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien, neologism) trivia; trivial knowledge
- 2009, “人人英雄”, in UNI-POWER合唱造大力量, performed by UNI-POWER:
  
  他分派報紙　無分每天旦夕　增長你冷智識 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  他分派报纸　无分每天旦夕　增长你冷智识 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  taa¹ fan¹ paai³ bou³ zi², mou⁴ fan¹ mui⁵ tin¹ daan³ zik⁶, zang¹ zoeng² nei⁵ laang⁵ zi³ sik¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 June 25, 洪敏真, 莊沛文, “推廣趣味學臺語學者出版入門文法冊解破”, in PTS News‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2025:
  
  共所有的例句攏盡量套冷智識，予人咧讀的時陣，上無有一寡點會當較心適淡薄仔。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  共所有的例句拢尽量套冷智识，予人咧读的时阵，上无有一寡点会当较心适淡薄仔。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  Kā só͘-ū ê lē-kù lóng chīn-liōng thò léng-tì-sek, hō͘ lâng leh tha̍k ê sî-chūn, siōng-bô ū chi̍t-kóa tiám ē-tàng khah sim-sek tām-po̍h-á. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (We) tried to incorporate fun facts into all examples, so that when people read them, there will be at least some points that make the experience a bit more entertaining.
- 2023, 知名不具, 閃卡！請回答1991, Hong Kong: 真源有限公司 [Real Root Limited], →ISBN, page 58:
  
  這裡説説一些YES卡的冷智識。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  这里说说一些YES卡的冷智识。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  ze² leoi⁵ syut³ syut³ jat¹ se¹ YES kaat¹ dik¹ laang⁵ zi³ sik¹. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024 July 10, @KhoSekun, X‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 April 2025:
  Léng-tì-sek: hoān-chiá ê a-bú kóng káu-bóe-a tūn ke-bah chia̍h liáu ē-sái thâi pùn-kháu-thâng!
  Fun fact: The patient's mother says that chicken stewed with Asian Foxtail can eliminate pinworms when eaten!

Synonyms

冷知識／冷知识 (lěngzhīshi)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) 僻智識／僻智识

References

“冷智識”, in 台語新詞辭庫 [Taiwanese Hokkien Neologism Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), 2023.