黑命貴

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	life; fate	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (黑命貴)		黑	命	貴
simp. (黑命贵)		黑	命	贵

Etymology

Calque of English Black Lives Matter.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hēimìngguì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hēimìngguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Heimìngguèi
  - Wade–Giles: Hei¹-ming⁴-kuei⁴
  - Yale: Hēi-mìng-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Heiminqguey
  - Palladius: Хэймингуй (Xɛjminguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

黑命貴

(informal, sometimes derogatory) Black Lives Matter

Usage notes

This term is widespread but controversial because 貴／贵 (guì) is not an accurate translation of English "to matter". The formal though less common translation is 黑人的命也是命 (hēirén de mìng yě shì mìng, literally “black lives are also lives”).