魯蛇

Chinese

		crass; place name	snake; serpent
trad. (魯蛇)		魯	蛇
simp. (鲁蛇)		鲁	蛇
alternative forms		滷蛇／卤蛇

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English loser.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǔshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˇ ㄕㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǔshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǔshé
    • Wade–Giles: lu³-shê²
    • Yale: lǔ-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luusher
    • Palladius: лушэ (lušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/

Noun

魯蛇

1. (Taiwan, Internet slang) loser, (in particular) a man lacking good looks or a large income who is thus unable to get a girlfriend or climb the social ladder

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 盧瑟／卢瑟 (lúsè)

Antonyms

• 溫拿／温拿 (wēnná)