空耳

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Noun

空耳

  1. (neologism, Internet slang) soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そら
Grade: 1
みみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞ɾa̠mʲimʲi]

Noun

(そら)(みみ) • (soramimi) 

  1. auditory hallucination, mishearing
  2. pretending not to hear
    空耳(そらみみ)使(つか)
    soramimi o tsukau
    to pretend not to hear something
  3. soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Descendants

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