硬盤人

Chinese

		hard disk; hard drive	man; person; people
trad. (硬盤人)		硬盤	人
simp. (硬盘人)		硬盘	人

Etymology

Originally used in 寬帶山 in 2008-2009. From initialism of 外地人 (wàidìrén) (WDR), which is associated with Western Digital (WD).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngpánrén

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngan-boe-gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngpánrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngpánrén
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-pʻan²-jên²
  - Yale: yìng-pán-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqparnren
  - Palladius: инпаньжэнь (inpanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngan-boe-gnin
  - MiniDict: ngan^去 boe nyin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngan-boe-nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋã²² bø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

Noun

硬盤人

(chiefly Shanghainese, slang, derogatory, offensive) migrant worker; outsider (outside Shanghai)