沙發
See also: 沙发
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (沙發) | 沙 | 發 | |
simp. (沙发*) | 沙 | 发 |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English sofa, probably via Shanghainese. The internet slang sense may be altered from 首發/首发 (shǒufā) or humorous phono-semantic matching of English so fast. (Shi, 2021, pg. 138)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
沙發
- sofa (Classifier: 組/组 m)
- 我們的生活雖說不算富裕,可也不愁吃不愁穿的。你瞧,這沙發、電視機什麼的,別人家有,我們家也都有啦! [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒmen de shēnghuó suīshuō bù suàn fùyù, kě yě bù chóu chī bù chóu chuān de. Nǐ qiáo, zhè shāfā, diànshìjī shénme de, biérén jiā yǒu, wǒmen jiā yě dōu yǒu la! [Pinyin]
- Even though one could say that our life is not considered to be affluent, yet we do not have to worry about food or clothing. Just look at things like this sofa and this TV set; other families have these things, and so do we!
我们的生活虽说不算富裕,可也不愁吃不愁穿的。你瞧,这沙发、电视机什么的,别人家有,我们家也都有啦! [MSC, simp.]
- (Internet slang) first person to reply or comment on an online forum
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 沙發 (“sofa; couch”) [map]