陽過

Chinese

This Chinese term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

		positive (electric.); sun; male	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (陽過)		陽	過
simp. (阳过)		阳	过
Literally: “cross the positive [barrier]”.

Etymology

A pun on the wuxia protagonist Yang Guo (楊過) from The Legend of the Condor Heroes; coined after the spike in COVID-19 cases that occurred after mainland China lifted restrictions.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángguò
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-kuo⁴
    • Yale: yáng-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangguoh
    • Palladius: янго (jango)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/

Verb

陽過

1. (originally Internet slang) to contract or test positive for COVID-19

   • 從“陽過”到“陽康”的經歷分享 [MSC, trad.]
     从“阳过”到“阳康”的经历分享 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2022 December 20, "从“阳过”到“阳康”的经历分享", 天津北方网

     cóng “yángguò” dào “yángkāng” de jīnglì fēnxiǎng [Pinyin]

     Sharing the experience following "testing positive" to "recovering"

See also

• 陽康／阳康 (yángkāng, “to recover from COVID-19”)