Chinese

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middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
two
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
simp. and trad.
(中二病)
 
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Etymology

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Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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中二病

  1. (Internet slang, ACG)sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and pretentious behavior

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
びょう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
厨二病
 
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Etymology

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Compound of (ちゅう)() (chūni, second year of middle school, short for 中学) + (びょう) (byō, sickness). Coined by comedian Hikaru Ijūin in 1999.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨːɲ̟ibʲo̞ː]

Noun

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(ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō

  1. (Internet slang) a “sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and/or pretentious behaviour (trying too hard to be special in unusual ways)
    (ちゅう)()(びょう)でも(こい)がしたい!
    Chūnibyō de mo koi ga shitai!”
    I want to be in love, even if I have chūnibyō!
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE (STEINS;GATE), episode 23:
      33(さんじゅうさん)にもなって(なに)をやっているんだ(おれ)は!まるで(ちゅう)()(びょう)(ぜん)(かい)じゃないか!」
      “Sanjūsan ni mo natte nani o yatteiru n da ore wa! Maru de chūnibyō zenkai ja nai ka!”
      “I’ll still be doing stuff like that when I’m 33? It's chūnibyō in full force!”

Derived terms

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Adjective

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(ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō-na (adnominal (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō na), adverbial (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō ni))

  1. characterized by such behaviour
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE (STEINS;GATE), episode 6:
      ()()()ちゃんの()(とお)りだと(おも)うよ まゆしぃはそんな(なが)()(まえ)(おぼ)えられません」「(ちゅう)()(びょう)すぎだろ、(じょう)(こう)
      “Kurisu-chan no iu tōri da to omou yo Mayushī wa sonna nagai namae oboeraremasen”“Chūnibyō sugi daro, jōkō”
      “I think Kurisu-chan is right. Mayushii couldn’t possibly remember a name that long.” “Isn’t it too edgy? Come on, man.”

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 中二病 (zhōng'èrbìng)
  • English: chuunibyou, chuuni
  • Korean: 중2병(中二病) (jung'ibyeong)
  • Thai: เบียว (biao)

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