"learn Chinese" meaning in All languages combined

See learn Chinese on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: learns Chinese [present, singular, third-person], learning Chinese [participle, present], learned Chinese [participle, past], learned Chinese [past], learnt Chinese [participle, past], learnt Chinese [past]
Etymology: From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league. Head templates: {{en-verb|learn<,,:learnt> Chinese}} learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)
  1. (sports, slang, derogatory) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Sports, Internet memes
    Sense id: en-learn_Chinese-en-verb-sExEAXYt Disambiguation of Internet memes: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese.
    Sense id: en-learn_Chinese-en-verb-WXaImO1z

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the phrase \"Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy,\" originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "learns Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learning Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learned Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learned Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learnt Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learnt Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "learn<,,:learnt> Chinese"
      },
      "expansion": "learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet memes",
          "orig": "en:Internet memes",
          "parents": [
            "Comedy",
            "Internet",
            "Memetics",
            "Drama",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Philosophy",
            "Theater",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Fundamental",
            "Culture",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 7, @UTDTrey, Twitter:",
          "text": "Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 1, @CSKYash_, Twitter:",
          "text": "Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 10, @ValorINTEL, Twitter:",
          "text": "“Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place."
      ],
      "id": "en-learn_Chinese-en-verb-sExEAXYt",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ],
        [
          "transfer",
          "transfer"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ],
        [
          "professional sports",
          "professional sports"
        ],
        [
          "league",
          "league"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, slang, derogatory) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese."
      ],
      "id": "en-learn_Chinese-en-verb-WXaImO1z",
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn#English"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Know Your Meme"
  ],
  "word": "learn Chinese"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Internet memes"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the phrase \"Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy,\" originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "learns Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learning Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learned Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learned Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learnt Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "learnt Chinese",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "learn<,,:learnt> Chinese"
      },
      "expansion": "learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 7, @UTDTrey, Twitter:",
          "text": "Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 1, @CSKYash_, Twitter:",
          "text": "Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 10, @ValorINTEL, Twitter:",
          "text": "“Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ],
        [
          "transfer",
          "transfer"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ],
        [
          "professional sports",
          "professional sports"
        ],
        [
          "league",
          "league"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, slang, derogatory) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn#English"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Know Your Meme"
  ],
  "word": "learn Chinese"
}

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