打醬油

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	soy sauce
trad. (打醬油)		打	醬油
simp. (打酱油)		打	酱油
Literally: “to buy soy sauce; to fill up the soy sauce bottle in one's household”.

Etymology

Popular Internet meme popularised in 2008 by a man-on-the-street's response to a television reporter's question about a recent celebrity photo scandal, to which the man replied, "What's it got to do with me? I'm here to buy soy sauce."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ jiàngyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² zoeng³ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ jiàngyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jiàngyóu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ chiang⁴-yu²
    • Yale: dǎ jyàng-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jianqyou
    • Palladius: да цзянъю (da czjanʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² zoeng³ jau⁴
    • Yale: dá jeung yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dzoeng³ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² zêng³ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³ jɐu̯²¹/

Verb

打⫽醬油 (verb-object)

1. to buy unpackaged soy sauce
2. (slang, humorous, sarcastic, intransitive) to be none of one's own business; to not involve one

   關我屌事，我出來打醬油的。 [MSC, trad.]
   关我屌事，我出来打酱油的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guān wǒ diǎoshì, wǒ chūlái dǎ jiàngyóu de. [Pinyin]

   It's got fuck all to do with me. I'm here to "buy soy sauce".

Usage notes

• Usually used to express one's reluctance to discuss sensitive issues, sometimes in a jocular or sarcastic fashion.

Derived terms

• 醬油族／酱油族
• 醬油男／酱油男

 

See also

• 關……屌事／关……屌事 (guān...diǎoshì)
• 不關……的事／不关……的事 (bùguān...de shì)
• 關……屁事／关……屁事 (guān...pìshì)
• 關……什麼事／关……什么事 (guān...shénme shì)