殺馬特
Chinese
to kill; to murder; to slaughter | horse; surname | special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal | ||
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trad. (殺馬特) | 殺 | 馬 | 特 | |
simp. (杀马特) | 杀 | 马 | 特 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English smart, referring to the eccentric hairstyles of people of the subculture. Doublet of 時髦/时髦 (shímáo).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shamǎtè
- Wade–Giles: sha1-ma3-tʻê4
- Yale: shā-mǎ-tè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamaateh
- Palladius: шаматэ (šamatɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 殺馬特
- (neologism, derogatory) someone, typically a rural migrant to the city in his or her late teens or early twenties, who adopts an extravagant and colourful hairstyle, odd makeup and cheap clothing bought from street markets to show off their fashionability; rural punk or goth
See also
Categories:
- Chinese phono-semantic matchings from English
- Chinese terms derived from English
- Chinese doublets
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 殺
- Chinese terms spelled with 馬
- Chinese terms spelled with 特
- Chinese neologisms
- Chinese derogatory terms
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