鬼畜

Chinese

ghost; sly; crafty
 
to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
simp. and trad.
(鬼畜)

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Noun

鬼畜

  1. (Buddhism) preta and beast
  2. demon and beast
  3. a person who acts like a demon or a beast

Etymology 2

Popularized by the Chinese title, “最终鬼畜蓝蓝路” (“Final Demon Ran-Ran-Rū”), of a Japanese parody video, 「M.C.ドナルドはダンスに夢中なのか?最終鬼畜道化師ドナルド・M」 (“M.C. Donald Was Obsessed with Dance? Final Demon Clown Ronald M.”), featuring repetitive edits of various soundbites from McDonald Japan commercials, including the phrase ran-ran-rū (“らんらんるー”/“藍藍路蓝蓝路 (Lánlánlù)”), arranged into the tune of 「U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか」 (“U.N. Owen Was Her?”), a piece of background music from the Touhou Project.[1]

Noun

鬼畜

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, especially ACG) a kind of MAD video primarily featuring excessive repetitions from one or multiple source materials to achieve parodic effect.
    Synonyms: 音MAD

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ちく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 餓鬼 + 畜生

Noun

鬼畜 (hiragana きちく, rōmaji kichiku)

  1. (Buddhism) preta and beast
  2. demon and beast
  3. a person who acts like a demon or a beast
     () (ちく)のような (やつ)だ。
    Kichiku no yō na yatsu da.
    He acted like a beast.
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