膜蛤

Chinese

		to worship	toad
simp. and trad. (膜蛤)		膜	蛤

Etymology

From 膜拜 (“to prostrate oneself in worship”) + 蛤蟆 (“frog; toad”) (from Jiang's supposed amphibious resemblance).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móhá

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: móhá
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohar
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móhá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ³⁵ xä³⁵/

Noun

膜蛤

(Mainland China, neologism) a subculture spoofing Jiang Zemin (former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.