蚹蛤蟈蜻

Chinese

		Eulota peliomphala	clam	frog or toad	dragonfly
trad. (蚹蛤蟈蜻)		蚹	蛤	蟈	蜻
simp. (蚹蛤蝈蜻)		蚹	蛤	蝈	蜻

Etymology

Graphical alteration of 符合國情／符合国情 (fu⁴ hap⁶ gwok³ cing⁴, “to conform to national conditions”) by adding the derogatory radical 虫 (“insect”) to each character.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ hap⁶ gwok³ cing⁴, fu⁶ gaap³ gwok³ cing¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ hap⁶ gwok³ cing⁴, fu⁶ gaap³ gwok³ cing¹
    • Yale: fùh hahp gwok chìhng, fuh gaap gwok chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ hap⁹ gwok⁸ tsing⁴, fu⁶ gaap⁸ gwok⁸ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ heb⁶ guog³ qing⁴, fu⁶ gab³ guog³ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ hɐp̚² kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/, /fuː²² kaːp̚³ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

蚹蛤蟈蜻

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, derogatory) the ridiculous thing that occurred is unsurprising as it matches the norm in mainland China

References

• Chiu, Wing-man, Jessica (2016) “Internet slang on Hong Kong Golden Forum”, in Master of Arts dissertation, →DOI