黃脖子
Chinese
| yellow | neck | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黃脖子) | 黃 | 脖子 | |
| simp. (黄脖子) | 黄 | 脖子 | |
Etymology
Derived from 紅脖子 / 红脖子 (hóngbózi), itself a calque of English redneck.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huángbózi
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángbózi̊h
- Wade–Giles: huang2-po2-tzŭ5
- Yale: hwáng-bwó-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangbor.tzy
- Palladius: хуанбоцзы (xuanboczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
黃脖子
- (Internet slang, neologism, derogatory) Chinese people who are perceived as being highly nationalistic, crass, politically and socially conservative, bossy towards the youth, and who frequently exhibit anti-American behavior (mostly) online whilst simultaneously secretly lacking confidence in their own society and culture.