安利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (安利)		安	利
simp. #(安利)		安	利

Etymology

Verbalization of the US company Amway's Chinese name. Possibly due to the company employing pyramid scheme-like techniques in mainland China, making its sales representatives promote their products in passionate and hyperbolic ways.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anlì
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-li⁴
    • Yale: ān-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anlih
    • Palladius: аньли (anʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

Verb

安利

1. (Mainland China, slang, neologism) to passionately recommend; to introduce; to promote

   • 「以後其他人再請我安利志願，我是不會答應了，累覺不愛，又不採納我的建議，又要讓我推薦，有什麼意義？」 [MSC, trad.]
     「以后其他人再请我安利志愿，我是不会答应了，累觉不爱，又不采纳我的建议，又要让我推荐，有什么意义？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 March 26, 赵可一 (Zhao Keyi), 《强行安利失败却不服？你推销的并非我想要》, in China Youth Daily, page 6

     “yǐhòu qítā rén zài qǐng wǒ ānlì zhìyuàn, wǒ shì bùhuì dáyìng le, lěijiàobù'ài, yòu bù cǎinà wǒ de jiànyì, yòu yào ràng wǒ tuījiàn, yǒu shénme yìyì?” [Pinyin]

     In the future, if other people ask me to recommend college choices, I will not agree. I feel tired and don’t like it. What's the point of asking me to recommend you if you don't take my advice?

Synonyms

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• 宣傳／宣传 (xuānchuán)
• 宣揚／宣扬 (xuānyáng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 種草／种草 (zhòngcǎo) (mainland China, slang, neologism)
• 鼓吹