註孤生

Chinese

		annotate	lone; lonely	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (註孤生/注孤生)		註/注	孤	生
simp. (注孤生)		注	孤	生

Etymology

Short for 註定孤獨一生／注定孤独一生 (zhùdìng gūdú yīshēng, “doomed to a lonely life”), translation of the English “forever alone” meme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùgūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùgūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄍㄨ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùgusheng
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-ku¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jù-gū-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhgusheng
    • Palladius: чжугушэн (čžugušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ku⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Phrase

1. (neologism, Internet slang) forever alone