躺平

Chinese

		to recline; to lie down	flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
trad. (躺平)		躺	平
simp. #(躺平)		躺	平
anagram		平躺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎngpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong² ping⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tang² bên⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎngpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎngpíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang³-pʻing²
    • Yale: tǎng-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taangpyng
    • Palladius: танпин (tanpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong² ping⁴
    • Yale: tóng pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong² ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong² ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang² bên⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tháng pêⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pẽ⁵⁵/

Verb

躺平

1. to lie flat
2. (figuratively, neologism) to be unmoved; to lose passion; to be unwilling to struggle; to quiet quit
   • 2021 July 5, Elsie Chen, “These Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     躺平意味著放棄婚姻、不生孩子、不找工作和避開諸如房子或車子之類的物質需求。這與中國領導人要求其人民所做的相反。 [MSC, trad.]
     躺平意味着放弃婚姻、不生孩子、不找工作和避开诸如房子或车子之类的物质需求。这与中国领导人要求其人民所做的相反。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tǎngpíng yìwèi zhe fàngqì hūnyīn, bù shēng háizǐ, bù zhǎo gōngzuò hé bìkāi zhūrú fángzǐ huò chēzǐ zhī lèi de wùzhì xūqiú. Zhè yǔ Zhōngguó lǐngdǎorén yāoqiú qí rénmín suǒ zuò de xiàngfǎn. [Pinyin]

     To lie flat means to forgo marriage, not have children, stay unemployed and eschew material wants such as a house or a car. It is the opposite of what China’s leaders have asked of their people.

Synonyms

• (to lie flat): 平躺 (píngtǎng)

See also

• 九九六 (jiǔjiǔliù, “9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek”, literally “996”)