鳩嗚
Chinese
without reason; frivolously; carelessly | (onomat. for humming) | ||
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trad. (鳩嗚) | 鳩 | 嗚 | |
simp. (鸠呜) | 鸠 | 呜 |
Etymology
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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