Random new word of the day

[Dlezcano]

瞬移: to teleport, teleportation.

 

Today two children asked me “你会瞬移吗？" because they felt I switched the place I was staying a moment ago quickly. Weirdly, I couldn't find this word on any dictionary, only the long form 瞬间移动, appeared in one of them.

[Jan Finster]

Can someone explain the word "叼盘" to me? Apparently it is a derogatory term in politics....

[Publius]

On 8/5/2022 at 1:19 PM, Jan Finster said:

Can someone explain the word "叼盘" to me?

[Jan Finster]

On 8/5/2022 at 9:24 AM, Publius said:

On 8/5/2022 at 7:19 AM, Jan Finster said:

Can someone explain the word "叼盘" to me?

 

Yeah, I got that far...  ?

 

So basically a spineless, obedient fool ?!?

[Jan Finster]

尚方宝剑 license to kill

[Jim]

On 8/6/2022 at 7:37 AM, Jan Finster said:

尚方宝剑 license to kill

先斩后奏 it described the power as in the entry you just prompted me to look up, which is rather neat too.

[Xiaowang]

On 8/5/2022 at 12:32 PM, Jan Finster said:

So basically a spineless, obedient fool ?!?

 

cc-cedict: (fig.) derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin Hú Xījìn [胡锡进] for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"

[calculatrix]

On 8/5/2022 at 7:19 AM, Jan Finster said:

Can someone explain the word "叼盘" to me?

Is it a neologism?

The current version of CC-Cedict has it, but the Version from January 2021 (slumbering on my harddisk) has it not.

[Jan Finster]

四害

 

the four pests （老鼠 rat; 臭虫 bedbug; 苍蝇 fly; 蚊子 mosquito）

[Jan Finster]

润

 rùn    

literally "to run" ?

 

(neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)

moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; 
 

Are there any more characters, whose pinyin means the word in English?

[Jan Finster]

吃喝拉撒

 

the ordinary daily routine ?

 

[Xiaowang]

吃喝拉撒睡

 

Even better.

[calculatrix]

On 8/14/2022 at 7:34 PM, Jan Finster said:

Are there any more characters, whose pinyin means the word in English?

Not a character, but a word: I recently learned 黑客, hēi kè, hacker. Does that count?

[Jim]

Would 嗨 for "high" count?

[Jan Finster]

晒 

shài    
on the Web: loanword from "share"

 

not quite, but close..
 

[889]

大白

 

https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/大白_(网络用语)

[Tomsima]

非二元性别

 

Just saw it on DW and realised I didn't know how to say non-binary in Chinese. Particularly relevant in the case of discussions of pronoun usage and TA

[Jan Finster]

裸奔

 

Running naked, streaking

(the act of running naked through a public area for publicity, as a prank, a dare, or a form of protest)

 

However, in Chinese it appears to also mean not hiding your identity (wearing masks, putting phone on airplane mode) during protests. 

[Woodford]

I encountered this word in Zhihu today, and I thought it was amusing. It ultimately means "pet owner:" 铲屎官

[Lu]

chāo'ǒushī puppeteer. The funny thing is that I don't know how to write that chāo. X偶师, obviously, but Pleco doesn't give me any chāo that looks likely.

 

Picked up when interpreting for a Taiwanese hand puppet show company. They later talked about who in the company could actually chāo, which was not everyone: some people focused on sound, or directing, or etc. So-and-so can chāo, but this other person can't chāo.

 

Edit: Turns out it's a hypercorrection for cāo'ǒushī 操偶师!