Chinese

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without reason; frivolously; carelessly (onomat. for humming)
trad. (鳩嗚)
simp. (鸠呜)
 
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Etymology

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From Mandarin 購物购物 (gòuwù, “shopping”), from an Internet meme in 2014. During a news report, an anti-Occupy Central protester was asked why she was at the protest. She forgot how to say “shopping” in Cantonese and replied with gòuwù, exposing her identity as a Mainlander.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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鳩嗚 (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism)

  1. (humorous) to go shopping
  2. to talk nonsense; to shout frivolously

Synonyms

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  • (to go shopping):