黑人問號臉

Chinese

		black person; person in hiding as a result of having broken the law	question mark; unknown factor; unsolved problem	face
trad. (黑人問號臉)		黑人	問號	臉
simp. (黑人问号脸)		黑人	问号	脸
Literally: “black-person question-mark face”.

Etymology

From the “Confused Nick Young” meme, which shows Nick Young's face with question marks surrounding his head.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēirén wènhào liǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēirén wènhào liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heirén wùnhào liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-jên² wên⁴-hao⁴ lien³
    • Yale: hēi-rén wèn-hàu lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heiren wennhaw lean
    • Palladius: хэйжэнь вэньхао лянь (xɛjžɛnʹ vɛnʹxao ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēirénwènhàorliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heirénwùnhàorliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-jên²-wên⁴-hao⁴-ʼrh-lien³
    • Yale: hēi-rén-wèn-hàur-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heirenwennhawllean
    • Palladius: хэйжэньвэньхаорлянь (xɛjžɛnʹvɛnʹxaorljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

黑人問號臉

1. (neologism, Internet slang) confused look