任地獄

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	hell; underworld; inferno hell; underworld; inferno; hell on earth
trad. (任地獄)		任	地獄
simp. (任地狱)		任	地狱

Etymology

From 任天堂 (Rèntiāntáng, “Nintendo”), replacing 天堂 (tiāntáng, “heaven”) with 地獄／地狱 (dìyù, “hell”) to show hatred.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rèndìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ dei⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rèndìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rèndìyù
    • Wade–Giles: Jên⁴-ti⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: Rèn-dì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Renndihyuh
    • Palladius: Жэньдиюй (Žɛnʹdijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ dei⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: yahm deih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ dei⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ déi⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² tei̯²² jʊk̚²/

Proper noun

任地獄

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) Nintendo; Nintenblows

   索尼大法好，天滅任地獄 [MSC, trad.]
   索尼大法好，天灭任地狱 [MSC, simp.]

   Suǒní dàfǎ hǎo, tiān miè Rèndìyù [Pinyin]

   Praise Sony, and may Heaven destroy Nintendo.