"w7u4" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

Etymology: Initialism of English what + Cantonese 7 (cat1), a euphemism for Chinese 柒 (cat6, “penis”) + English u (“you”) + Cantonese 四 (sei3, “four”), near-homophone with English say and written as a number. Etymology templates: {{initialism|yue}} Initialism, {{der|yue|en|what}} English what, {{ncog|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{m|zh|7|tr=cat1}} 7 (cat1), {{ncog|zh|柒|t=penis|tr=cat6}} Chinese 柒 (cat6, “penis”), {{der|yue|en|u|t=you}} English u (“you”), {{ncog|yue|四|t=four|tr=sei3}} Cantonese 四 (sei3, “four”), {{ncog|en|say}} English say Head templates: {{head|zh|phrase}} w7u4
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) what on earth are you saying? Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Internet

Download JSON data for w7u4 meaning in Chinese (1.9kB)

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