duang

English

Etymology

Thai ดวง (duuang).

Noun

duang (plural duangs)

1. A kind of Asian horoscope.

Anagrams

• Dugan

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Chinese

Alternative forms

• ⿱成龍／⿱成龙
• (Hong Kong) 動L／动L

Etymology

From a mishearing of an unusually-pronounced "頭髮動啊" (tóufà dòng a, "my hair moves"), a phrase spoken by Jackie Chan in a shampoo advertisement.

Pronunciation

• (imitating the original pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tʷãɔ̃⁵⁴⁵⁴/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duang
    • Wade–Giles: tuang¹
    • Yale: dwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duang
    • Palladius: дуан (duan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Interjection

1. (neologism)

   其實一開始粉他，我是拒絕的。但是當我偷偷看了他在《我是歌手》的演出之後，就像加了特技一樣。duang！ [MSC, trad.]
   其实一开始粉他，我是拒绝的。但是当我偷偷看了他在《我是歌手》的演出之后，就像加了特技一样。duang！ [MSC, simp.]

   From: (deprecated template usage) 我是歌手 (I Am a Singer), 第三季第12期

   Qíshí yī kāishǐ fěn tā, wǒ shì jùjué de. Dànshì dāng wǒ tōutōu kàn le tā zài “Wǒ shì gēshǒu” de yǎnchū zhī hòu, jiù xiàng jiā le tèjì yīyàng. Duāng! [Pinyin]

   Actually, when I first started to follow him, I rejected him. But after secretly watching him perform at I Am a Singer, it was as if there were special effects. Duang!

References

• Duang, Language Log, March 1, 2015