吐槽

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吐槽)		吐	槽
alternative forms		吐嘈 黜臭 吐糟

Etymology

Taiwanese Mandarin phonetic rendering of Hokkien 黜臭 (thuh-chhàu, “to find faults; to point out flaws”). It is now commonly used outside of Taiwan as well.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔcáo, tùcáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄠˊ, ㄊㄨˋ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ cou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thuh-chhàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tou³ zo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔcáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔcáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tǔ-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuutsaur
    • Palladius: туцао (tucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùcáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùcáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tù-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhtsaur
    • Palladius: туцао (tucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ cou⁴
    • Yale: tou chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thuh-chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: thuh-tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuhzhaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰu(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tou³ zo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòu tsô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡so⁵⁵/

Verb

吐槽

1. (neologism, slang) to point out flaws; to bitch about; to mildly complain (by sharing one's unpleasant experience); to trash talk; to diss; to whine (especially of someone who habitually does so)

   我跟朋友吐槽了一下。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ gēn péngyǒu tùcáo le yīxià. [Pinyin]

   I complained a bit to my friends.

2. (neologism, slang) to subject to comedic bantering; to roast

Synonyms

• (to complain):

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• 叨嘮 / 叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
• 嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
• 埋怨 (mányuàn)
• 怨嘆 / 怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Hokkien)
• 怨懟 / 怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
• 牢騷 / 牢骚 (láosāo)
• 發牢騷 / 发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

 

See also

• 槽點／槽点 (cáodiǎn)
• (Japanese equivalent) 突(つ)っ込(こ)み (tsukkomi)