魚拉突

Chinese

		fish	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	to dash; to move forward quickly
trad. (魚拉突)		魚	拉	突
simp. (鱼拉突)		鱼	拉	突

Etymology

Borrowed from English united.

From a video dating back to 2007 when a group of Manchester United fans in Hong Kong were riding a open-top bus to celebrate their team's victory. The poor quality of the camera used and quick speech of the fans caused the slogan "united" by the fans to sound distorted, resulting in it being misheard to Cantonese viewers.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ laai¹ dat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ laai¹ dat⁶
    • Yale: yùh lāai daht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ laai¹ dat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lai¹ ded⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ laːi̯⁵⁵ tɐt̚²/

Proper noun

魚拉突

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Manchester United F.C.