How would you translate 吐槽？

[Dawei3]

All,

1. How would you translate 吐槽？ 

2.  Also, what is the tone on 吐？ (3rd or 4th or either?)

3. Can you give some examples on how 吐槽 is used? 

 

If you put 吐槽 thru various translators/dictionaries you get different definitions and I've gotten various ones from friends.  The tone for 吐 varies too depending on the source (but what do you hear???).

 

This group has a vast array of experiences and it would be interesting to hear your thoughts.  Also, sometimes questions on translations trigger interesting discussions (feel free to start one....)

 

 

 

[Demonic_Duck]

3 minutes ago, Dawei3 said:

How would you translate 吐槽？

 

"Complain" or some synonym (grumble, whine, carp)

 

6 minutes ago, Dawei3 said:

what is the tone on 吐

 

3rd tone, tǔ. I've never heard it with 4th tone, though I guess it could be a variant

 

7 minutes ago, Dawei3 said:

Can you give some examples on how 吐槽 is used

 

https://m.youdao.com/singledict?q=吐槽&le=eng&dict=blng_sents&more=true

[If_IwasaLinguist]

I would like to translate 吐槽 into joke and complain with double meanings. The difference is the first meaning is less serious than the second one.

 

The original meaning of this word is to comment sth and it comes from Minnan Language. 

 

For its pragmatic use, I also recommend a Chinese TV show named Roast!, which is almost a talk show. Here is the like on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KOdZVxPEk.

 

If you can understanding their speech, you may know how to use this word.

[Sreeni]

1 hour ago, Demonic_Duck said:

 

"Complain" or some synonym (grumble, whine, carp)

 

1 hour ago, Dawei3 said:

what is the tone on 吐

 

3rd tone, tǔ. I've never heard it with 4th tone, though I guess it could be a variant

Pleco has only CC meaning( Does not have PLC, UNI or any Outliar add-on) as below:

 

”HZ 吐槽⧸嘈
PY tùcáo (or tǔcáo) 

1 (slang) to roast
2 to ridicule
3 also pr. [tǔcáo] “

 

I think HZ is hanzi and PY is pinyin and pr is people republic, which is China where they use 4 th tone?

[Demonic_Duck]

38 minutes ago, If_IwasaLinguist said:

For its pragmatic use, I also recommend a Chinese TV show named Roast!, which is almost a talk show. Here is the like on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KOdZVxPEk.

 

Huh, seems like a pretty even split between 3rd/4th tone.

 

35 minutes ago, Sreeni said:

I think HZ is hanzi and PY is pinyin

 

Yep.

 

35 minutes ago, Sreeni said:

pr is people republic, which is China where they use 4 th tone?

 

Nope, "also pr." is "also pronounced". CC-CEDICT uses "PRC" for People's Republic.

[Dawei3]

Thanks for all of your comments. 

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