憂鬱的臺灣烏龜

Chinese

		sad; depressed; melancholic sad; depressed; melancholic; dejected; depression	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	Taiwan	turtle; tortoise; Mauremys reevesii
trad. (憂鬱的臺灣烏龜/憂鬱的台灣烏龜)		憂鬱	的	臺灣/台灣	烏龜
simp. (忧郁的台湾乌龟)		忧郁	的	台湾	乌龟
Literally: “melancholic Taiwanese turtle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyù de Táiwān wūguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄩˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyù de Táiwān wūguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄩˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyù de̊ Táiwan wuguei
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yü⁴ tê⁵ Tʻai²-wan¹ wu¹-kuei¹
    • Yale: yōu-yù de Tái-wān wū-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyuh .de Tairuan uguei
    • Palladius: ююй дэ Тайвань угуй (jujuj dɛ Tajvanʹ uguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ y⁵¹ d̥ə¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ wän⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Phrase

憂鬱的臺灣烏龜

1. (Internet slang) A phrase to ridicule the complexity of Traditional Chinese characters.

Further reading

• 忧郁的台湾乌龟 - 萌娘百科 万物皆可萌的百科全书