屎山

Chinese

		stool; faeces	mountain; hill
trad. (屎山)		屎	山
simp. #(屎山)		屎	山

Etymology

Likely a calque of English pile of shit, via some programming jokes.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhshan
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-shan¹
    • Yale: shř-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyshan
    • Palladius: шишань (šišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

Noun

屎山

1. (programming, slang) legacy code; spaghetti code