生活西化
Chinese
| life; livelihood | to westernize | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生活西化) | 生活 | 西化 | |
| simp. #(生活西化) | 生活 | 西化 | |
| Literally: “(to live a) westernized lifestyle”. | |||
Etymology
In a June 2022 film review of the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) published by Wen Wei Po, the character Joy Wang (the protagonist's daughter, who is lesbian) was described as having a "life westernized".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shēnghuó xīhuà
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shenghuó sihuà
- Wade–Giles: shêng1-huo2 hsi1-hua4
- Yale: shēng-hwó syī-hwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghwo shihuah
- Palladius: шэнхо сихуа (šɛnxo sixua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Phrase
生活西化
- (Mainland China, Internet slang) to be homosexual