咩噗

Chinese

		the bleating of sheep	sound of escaping laughter; water
trad. (咩噗)		咩	噗
simp. #(咩噗)		咩	噗

Etymology

Contraction of 每一步 (měi yī bù, “every step”), which was misheard from Eric Chou's song 《怎麼了》 (“What's wrong?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miēpū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝ ㄆㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miēpū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝ ㄆㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miepu
    • Wade–Giles: mieh¹-pʻu¹
    • Yale: myē-pū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhiepu
    • Palladius: мепу (mepu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/

Interjection

咩噗(Taiwan, Internet slang, cute-sounding)

1. Onomatopoeia of crying, usually used to express regret.
   • 2020, Chillseph, 不要再取奇怪的餐點名稱了 [No more weird names on menu!]‎^[1]:

     QQㄋㄟㄋㄟ好喝到咩噗茶 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     kiūkiū nēinēi hǎohē dào miēpū chá [Pinyin]

     Chewy, milky and tasty tea that will make you cry (the name of bubble tea on the menu of the shop in the sketch comedy)

2. (by extension) Used to express that “I don't know”, “I don't know how to answer”, etc.