空耳

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	ear
trad. (空耳)		空	耳
simp. #(空耳)		空	耳
anagram		耳空

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳(そらみみ) (soramimi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōng'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōng'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kong-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-êrh³
    • Yale: kūng-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongeel
    • Palladius: кунъэр (kunʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: hūng yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Noun

空耳

1. (neologism, Internet slang) soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	耳
そら Grade: 1	みみ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠mʲimʲi]

Noun

空(そら)耳(みみ) • (soramimi) 

1. auditory hallucination, mishearing
2. pretending not to hear

   空耳(そらみみ)を使(つか)う

   soramimi o tsukau

   to pretend not to hear something

3. soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Descendants

• → Chinese: 空耳 (kōng'ěr)
• → English: soramimi