鯨大

Chinese

		whale	Short for 大學／大学.
trad. (鯨大)		鯨	大
simp. (鲸大)		鲸	大

Etymology

From the joke 鯨魚唔係魚呀？／鲸鱼唔系鱼呀？ (king⁴ jyu⁴ m⁴ hai⁶ jyu^4-2 aa⁴, “Aren't whales are kind of fish?”) (whales are actually mammals)

The Metropolitan University was previously known as the Open University of Hong Kong which focused on distance learning and is therefore stereotypically thought to be inferior and not a “true” university.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ daai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ daai⁶
    • Yale: kìhng daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ taːi̯²²/

Proper noun

鯨大

1. (Hong Kong, chiefly Internet slang, informal) Hong Kong Metropolitan University