膜蛤

Chinese

		to worship	toad
trad. (膜蛤)		膜	蛤
simp. ^#(膜蛤)		膜	蛤

Etymology

From 膜拜 (“to prostrate oneself in worship”) + 蛤蟆 (“frog; toad”) (from Jiang's supposed amphibious resemblance).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móhá

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móhá
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móhá
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-ha²
  - Yale: mwó-há
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohar
  - Palladius: моха (moxa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xä³⁵/

Noun

膜蛤

(Mainland China, neologism) a subculture spoofing Jiang Zemin (former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China)