小粉紅

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	pink; Chinese cyber-nationalist
trad. (小粉紅)		小	粉紅
simp. (小粉红)		小	粉红
Literally: “little pink”.

Etymology

Originated from 晉江文學網, a mainland China web novel website targeted at women, whose pages have a pink color design.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎofěnhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² fan² hung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎofěnhóng [Phonetic: xiáofěnhóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎofěnhóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-fên³-hung²
    • Yale: syǎu-fěn-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaufeenhorng
    • Palladius: сяофэньхун (sjaofɛnʹxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² fan² hung⁴
    • Yale: síu fán hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² fan² hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² fen² hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ fɐn³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

Noun

小粉紅

1. (neologism, derogatory) young Chinese cyber-nationalists; nationalistic Chinese youth; Little Pink
   • 2022 July 3, “張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國　小粉紅出征央視下架影片”, in RFA 自由亞洲電台粵語部 [Radio Free Asia Cantonese]‎^[1]:

     張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國　小粉紅出征央視下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     张学友贺七一政权移交只字未提中国　小粉红出征央视下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     zoeng¹ hok⁶ jau⁵ ho⁶ cat¹ jat¹ zing³ kyun⁴ ji⁴ gaau¹ zek³ zi⁶ mei⁶ tai⁴ zung¹ gwok³, siu² fan² hung⁴ ceot¹ zing¹ joeng¹ si⁶ haa⁶ gaa³ jing² pin^3-2 [Jyutping]

     Jacky Cheung HK handover anniversary message does not mention China; little pinks crusade against CCTV, taking the video down

Synonyms

• 粉蛆 (fěnqū)
• 粉紅／粉红 (fěnhóng)

Descendants

• → English: little pink (calque)