口嫌體正直

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to dislike; to suspect	body; form; style body; form; style; system	having personal integrity; upright
trad. (口嫌體正直)		口	嫌	體	正直
simp. (口嫌体正直)		口	嫌	体	正直

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 口では嫌がっても体は正直だな (kuchi de wa iyagatte mo karada wa shoujiki da na, “even if your mouth says "no", your body is honest, isn't it?”).

Early usage in Taiwan involved Kyon (キョン) in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱).

In Japan, the original phrase has an association with rape fantasy pornography (as [2]); this has been lost in Mainland China, and the phrase is used in news media and the like.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒu xián tǐ zhèngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒu xián tǐ zhèngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒu sián tǐ jhèngjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³ hsien² tʻi³ chêng⁴-chih²
    • Yale: kǒu syán tǐ jèng-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou shyan tii jenqjyr
    • Palladius: коу сянь ти чжэнчжи (kou sjanʹ ti čžɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Adjective

口嫌體正直

1. (neologism, originally Taiwan Internet slang) dishonest in what one says but revealing their true intentions with how one acts [2005 at the latest–]

Related terms

• 傲嬌／傲娇 (àojiāo)