雜魚

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 雜魚.

Pronunciation


Noun

雜魚

  1. (ACG, Internet slang) small fry; someone who is weak and easily ignored.
    • 2023 July 1, 失传技术研究所工作, “【【二次元梗百科03】杂鱼~杂鱼~-哔哩哔哩】”, in 哔哩哔哩专栏[1]:
      额……老铁们,咱B站老解谜人了。今天咱简单给各位讲下二次元梗百科之杂鱼~杂鱼~
      É……lǎo tiěmen, zán B zhàn lǎo jiě mí rénle. Jīntiān zán jiǎndān gěi gèwèi jiǎng xià èr cìyuán gěng bǎikē zhī záyú ~záyú ~
      Um... my friends, I am the solver of riddles at Bilibili. Today I will simply give you this entry in the "Meme Encyclopaedia of the ACG" series - 雜魚~雜魚~
    • 2025, 百度百科[2]:
      随着日本 ACGN 文化传入,“杂鱼”一词被中文网络吸收,用于指代能力较弱、无足轻重的人,含轻蔑或调侃意味。
      Suízhe rìběn ACGN wénhuà chuán rù,“záyú” yī cí bèi zhōngwén wǎngluò xīshōu, yòng yú zhǐ dài nénglì jiào ruò, wúzúqīngzhòng de rén, hán qīngmiè huò tiáokǎn yìwèi.
      With the introduction of Japanese ACGN culture, the term "雜魚" was absorbed by the Chinese Internet and is used to refer to people with weaker abilities and insignificant information, with a contemptuous or mocking meaning.

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ざこ
Jinmeiyō Grade: 2
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 雜魚 – see the following entry.
雑魚ざこ
[noun] small fry; small, worthless fishes; coarse fishes with low market value
[noun] (figuratively) a weak or useless person
Alternative spellings
雑喉, じゃこ, ざっこ
(This term, 雜魚, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)