猴賽雷
See also: 猴赛雷
Chinese
| monkey | to compete; competition; match | thunder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (猴賽雷) | 猴 | 賽 | 雷 | |
| simp. (猴赛雷) | 猴 | 赛 | 雷 | |
| variant forms | 猴塞雷 猴腮雷 | |||
Etymology
Jocular approximation of Cantonese 好犀利 (hou2 sai1 lei6, “so impressive”) in Mandarin.
Originated in an online post by a young female with the pseudonym of 猴賽雷 who was soliciting for a boyfriend. Her pseudonym was used to ridicule the exorbitantly stringent criteria she listed in the post, and it subsequently spread as a netizen meme since the start of 2016 as it is the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar.
Pronunciation
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