黑歷史

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	history
trad. (黑歷史)		黑	歷史
simp. (黑历史)		黑	历史

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 黒(くろ)歴(れき)史(し) (kurorekishi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēilìshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ lik⁶ si² / haak¹ lik⁶ si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēilìshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heilìshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-li⁴-shih³
    • Yale: hēi-lì-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heilihshyy
    • Palladius: хэйлиши (xɛjliši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ lik⁶ si² / haak¹ lik⁶ si²
    • Yale: hāk lihk sí / hāak lihk sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ lik⁹ si² / haak⁷ lik⁹ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ lig⁶ xi² / hag¹ lig⁶ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ lɪk̚² siː³⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ lɪk̚² siː³⁵/

Noun

黑歷史

1. (informal, chiefly ACG) something from the past that one desires to cover up
2. black history