一顆賽艇

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(measure word for small spheres)	rowing boat; racing shell; rowing
trad. (一顆賽艇)		一	顆	賽艇
simp. (一颗赛艇)		一	颗	赛艇

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English exciting. Extracted from Jiang Zemin's speech when he was visiting the No. 2 Design Division of the First Ministry of Machine-Building (currently rebranded as China United Engineering).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīkēsàitǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄜ ㄙㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīkēsàitǐng [Phonetic: yìkēsàitǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄎㄜ ㄙㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yikesàitǐng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻo¹-sai⁴-tʻing³
    • Yale: yī-kē-sài-tǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikesaytiing
    • Palladius: икэсайтин (ikɛsajtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

一顆賽艇

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) exciting

Usage notes

This word is chiefly used in contexts related to the toad worship culture (Internet memes related to Jiang Zemin).