語死早

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	early; morning
trad. (語死早)		語	死	早
simp. (语死早)		语	死	早

Etymology

Short for 語文老師死得早／语文老师死得早 (yǔwén lǎoshī sǐ dé zǎo, “My Chinese teacher died too early”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔsǐzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄙˇ ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔsǐzǎo [Phonetic: yúsízǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄙˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔsǐhzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-ssŭ³-tsao³
    • Yale: yǔ-sž-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeusyytzao
    • Palladius: юйсыцзао (jujsyczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phrase

語死早

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, self-deprecatory) Used for joking one's poor ability in writing.

Synonyms

• 語體教／语体教 (literally “My Chinese was taught by my PE teacher”)