丈育
Chinese
Etymology
Homophonic–graphic alteration of 文盲 (wénmáng, “illiterate”), created when the characters 文 and 盲 (máng) were mis-read as visually similar 丈 (zhàng) and 育 during a livestream; now used in internet slang.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngyù
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngyù
- Wade–Giles: chang4-yü4
- Yale: jàng-yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqyuh
- Palladius: чжанъюй (čžanʺjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: zoeng6 juk6
- Yale: jeuhng yuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng6 juk9
- Guangdong Romanization: zêng6 yug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-io̍k
- Tâi-lô: tiōng-io̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: dioxng'iok
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² iɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
丈育
- (Internet slang) illiteracy; an illiterate person, often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.
Synonyms
- 文盲 (wénmáng)