猴賽雷

See also: 猴赛雷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (猴賽雷)		猴	賽	雷
simp. (猴赛雷)		猴	赛	雷
alternative forms		猴塞雷 猴腮雷

Etymology

Jocular approximation of Cantonese 好犀利 (hou2 sai1 lei6) in Mandarin.

Originated in an online post by a young female with the pseudonym of 猴賽雷 who was soliciting for a boyfriend. Her pseudonym was used to ridicule the exorbitantly stringent criteria she listed in the post, and it subsequently spread as a netizen meme since the start of 2016 as it is the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóusàiléi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóusàiléi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóusàiléi
    • Wade–Giles: hou²-sai⁴-lei²
    • Yale: hóu-sài-léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoursaylei
    • Palladius: хоусайлэй (xousajlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵/

Adjective

猴賽雷

1. (neologism, slang) very impressive; amazing; shocking; synonym of 很厲害 / 很厉害 (hěn lìhài)