零元購

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	to buy; to purchase
trad. (零元購)		零	元	購
simp. (零元购)		零	元	购
Literally: “zero-dollar shopping”.

Etymology

Literally “zero-dollar shopping”. Originally a marketing term meaning shopping with a consumer loan arrangement (BNPL). The new sense emerged from descriptions of civil unrests in the US.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyuángòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língyuángòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língyuángòu
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-yüan²-kou⁴
    • Yale: líng-ywán-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyuangow
    • Palladius: линъюаньгоу (linʺjuanʹgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

零元購

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, humorous) looting