莱利89 Posted August 11, 2014 at 06:58 AM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 06:58 AM Hey everyone, still pretty new to this great forum but loving all the great info and study tips on learning Chinese. My girlfriend is from Sichuan and speaks 四川话 which is very hard for me to understand so she try's to speak 普通话the majority of the time. One day we were with her friends and she told me to tell them this 贱人就是矫情... I cant quite understand the meaning of it, can anybody help me out? I know its not the nicest thing to say but the full meaning I cant quite get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyx199199 Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:26 AM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:26 AM bitches are picky. Of course, 矫情 doesn't equal to picky completely. it is good enough to get the basic meaning of 矫情。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
莱利89 Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:56 AM Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:56 AM Thanks zyx199199! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members hellochinese Posted August 11, 2014 at 10:40 AM New Members Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 10:40 AM 矫情 also means pretentious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aone Posted August 11, 2014 at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 12:14 PM Bitches always pretend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted August 11, 2014 at 01:58 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 01:58 PM 四川话spoken by anyone under the age of 35 is much closer to 普通话 than that spoken by the older generation. You'll find that eventually it begins to start sounding like an 'accent'. Although that admittedly takes a long time and a lot of patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
莱利89 Posted August 11, 2014 at 04:04 PM Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 04:04 PM Ah yea that makes sense, however she is from a small village just on the outskirts of 巴中 and her family only speaks 四川话 so I am pretty sure she also does. I sometimes ask her what certain phrases would be in that dialect and receive a completely different phrase. I will keep up the practice and hopefully one day will be able to understand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divato Posted August 11, 2014 at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 06:05 PM The phrase comes from a tv series called 甄嬛传. It literally means the bitch is pretentious. But I searched 百度百科 and get the English phrase 'La-di-da！La-di-da！’, which is from Annie Hall. The opposite word for 矫情 would be 痛快. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:40 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 at 07:40 PM I haven't heard anyone say "la-di-da" in a lo-o-ng time but it does mean "how pretentious". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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