小粉紅
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Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
pink; Chinese cyber-nationalist | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小粉紅) | 小 | 粉紅 | |
| simp. (小粉红) | 小 | 粉红 | |
| Literally: “little pink”. | |||
Etymology
Originated from 晉江文學網, a mainland China web novel website targeted at women, whose pages have a pink color design.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎofěnhóng
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-fên3-hung2
- Yale: syǎu-fěn-húng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaufeenhorng
- Palladius: сяофэньхун (sjaofɛnʹxun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 fan2 hung4
- Yale: síu fán hùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 fan2 hung4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 fen2 hung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ fɐn³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
小粉紅
- (neologism, derogatory) young Chinese cyber-nationalists; nationalistic Chinese youth; Little Pink
- 2022 July 3, “張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國 小粉紅出征央視下架影片”, in RFA 自由亞洲電台粵語部 [Radio Free Asia Cantonese]:
- 張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國 小粉紅出征央視下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- zoeng1 hok6 jau5 ho6 cat1 jat1 zing3 kyun4 ji4 gaau1 zek3 zi6 mei6 tai4 zung1 gwok3, siu2 fan2 hung4 ceot1 zing1 joeng1 si6 haa6 gaa3 jing2 pin3-2
- Jacky Cheung HK handover anniversary message does not mention China; little pinks crusade against CCTV, taking the video down
张学友贺七一政权移交只字未提中国 小粉红出征央视下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- 2020 June 24, Li Yuan, “「我愛的國家不想讓我回來」：被困海外的「小粉紅」 [Trapped Abroad, China’s ‘Little Pinks’ Rethink Their Country]”, in The New York Times:
- 一些小粉紅正在重新思考他們與國家的關係——在中國語境下，國家、政府和共產黨都是一體的。 [MSC, trad.]
- Yīxiē xiǎofěnhóng zhèngzài chóngxīn sīkǎo tāmen yǔ guójiā de guānxì — zài Zhōngguó yǔjìng xià, guójiā, zhèngfǔ hé Gòngchǎndǎng dōu shì yītǐ de.
- Some of the little pinks are rethinking their relationship with the country — which, in the Chinese context, is the nation, the government and the Communist Party all in one.
一些小粉红正在重新思考他们与国家的关系——在中国语境下，国家、政府和共产党都是一体的。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: little pink (calque)