愛存不存

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive	not; no	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
trad. (愛存不存)		愛	存	不	存
simp. (爱存不存)		爱	存	不	存
Literally: “Deposit (the money) if you like to and not if you don't.”

Etymology

The first character is nearly homophonic to the English pronunciation of the letter "I", and the pinyin initials of the last three characters are "CBC". Their combination is "ICBC", which is the initial abbreviation of "Industrial and Commercial Bank of China", which is written as "中國工商銀行" in Chinese.

The phrase literally means "Deposit (the money) if you like to and not if you don't.", so this phrase is coined in consideration of showing the function of a bank, which ICBC itself is.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài cún bù cún

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài cún bù cún
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài cún bù cún
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴ tsʻun² pu⁴ tsʻun²
    • Yale: ài tswún bù tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay tswen bu tswen
    • Palladius: ай цунь бу цунь (aj cunʹ bu cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/

Phrase

愛存不存

1. (Internet slang) ICBC; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China