空耳

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Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	ear
trad. (空耳)		空	耳
simp. ^#(空耳)		空	耳
anagram		耳空

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空耳

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳(そらみみ) (soramimi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōng'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōng'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kong-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-êrh³
  - Yale: kūng-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongeel
  - Palladius: кунъэр (kunʺer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: hūng yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

Noun

空耳

(neologism, Internet slang) soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Japanese

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空耳

Kanji in this term
空	耳
そら Grade: 1	みみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

空(そら)耳(みみ) • (soramimi)

auditory hallucination, mishearing
pretending not to hear
空耳(そらみみ)を使(つか)う
soramimi o tsukau
to pretend not to hear something
soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Descendants

→ Chinese: 空耳 (kōng'ěr)
→ English: soramimi

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