登dua郎

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (登dua郎)		登	dua	郎

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Hokkien 轉大人／转大人 (tńg-tōa-lâng). Popularized through a sex education video entitled 如果早知道男生也會被性侵 (If I had Known that Even Boys can be Sexually Assaulted) published by the National Academy for Educational Research of Taiwan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngduǎláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄉㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngduǎláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄉㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengduǎláng
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-tua³-lang²
    • Yale: dēng-dwǎ-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengdoalang
    • Palladius: дэндуалан (dɛndualan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵/

Verb

登dua郎

1. (Internet slang) to become an adult; to become familiar with adult (sexually explicit) materials