火星文
Chinese
| Mars; to be outdated and unaware; to not know something that everyone else knows | language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (火星文) | 火星 | 文 | |
| simp. #(火星文) | 火星 | 文 | |
Etymology
The reference to Mars originated from a line in the 2001 comedy Shaolin Soccer: “Go back to Mars, the Earth is so dangerous.”
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīngwén
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsingwún
- Wade–Giles: huo3-hsing1-wên2
- Yale: hwǒ-syīng-wén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshingwen
- Palladius: хосинвэнь (xosinvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fo2 sing1 man4
- Yale: fó sīng màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fo2 sing1 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: fo2 xing1 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
火星文
- (Internet) Martian language; leetspeak (a style of writing in which Chinese-language text is represented by a variety of scripts and symbols, popular among some young people)