NDS

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Initialism of 內地生内地生 (nèidìshēng). Also a pun on Nintendo DS, a gaming console, often abbreviated to NDS. The gaming console is foldable ( (zip3)), whereas the students are not socializing with others ( (zip3)). Also reminiscent of English NCS (non-Chinese speaking (student)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ diː⁵⁵ ɛːs⁵⁵/

Noun

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NDS

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) mainland Chinese student