跨服聊天

Chinese

		step across; step astride	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)	chatting away the day; to chat
trad. (跨服聊天)		跨	服	聊天
simp. #(跨服聊天)		跨	服	聊天
Literally: “to chat inter-server”.

Etymology

Originally referring to two players chatting from different servers during a session of online gaming.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàfúliáotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàfúliáotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàfúliáotian
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua⁴-fu²-liao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: kwà-fú-lyáu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuahfwuliautian
    • Palladius: куафуляотянь (kuafuljaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵¹ fu³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Phrase

跨服聊天

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Internet slang, humorous) to get one's wires crossed; to misunderstand one another