黑人問號臉

Chinese

		black person; person in hiding as a result of having broken the law	question mark; unknown factor; unsolved problem	face
trad. (黑人問號臉)		黑人	問號	臉
simp. (黑人问号脸)		黑人	问号	脸
Literally: “black-person question-mark face”.

Etymology

From the “Confused Nick Young” meme, which shows Nick Young's face with question marks surrounding his head.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēirén wènhào liǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēirén wènhào liǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heirén wùnhào liǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hei¹-jên² wên⁴-hao⁴ lien³
  - Yale: hēi-rén wèn-hàu lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heiren wennhaw lean
  - Palladius: хэйжэнь вэньхао лянь (xɛjžɛnʹ vɛnʹxao ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēirénwènhàorliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heirénwùnhàorliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hei¹-jên²-wên⁴-hao⁴-ʼrh-lien³
  - Yale: hēi-rén-wèn-hàur-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heirenwennhawllean
  - Palladius: хэйжэньвэньхаорлянь (xɛjžɛnʹvɛnʹxaorljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

黑人問號臉

(neologism, Internet slang) confused look

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