吐槽

吐槽

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吐槽)		吐	槽
alternative forms		吐嘈 黜臭 吐糟

Etymology

Taiwanese Mandarin phonetic rendering of Min Nan 黜臭 (thuh-chhàu, “to find faults; to pick flaws”). It is now commonly used outside of Taiwan as well.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔcáo, tùcáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄠˊ, ㄊㄨˋ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ cou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): thuh-chhàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔcáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔcáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tǔ-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuutsaur
    • Palladius: туцао (tucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùcáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùcáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tù-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhtsaur
    • Palladius: туцао (tucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ cou⁴
    • Yale: tou chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thuh-chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: thuh-tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuhzhaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰu(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰau²¹/

Verb

吐槽

1. (neologism, slang) to pick flaws; to bitch about; to mildly complain (by sharing one's unpleasant experience); to trash talk; to diss; to whine (especially of someone who habitually does so)
2. (neologism, slang) to subject to comedic bantering; to roast

Synonyms

• (to complain):

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埋怨 (mányuàn) 抱怨 (bàoyuàn) 叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial) 怨嘆／怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Min Nan)

怨懟／怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Min Nan) 牢騷／牢骚 (láosāo) 發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

See also

• 槽點／槽点 (cáodiǎn)
• (Japanese equivalent) 突(つ)っ込(こ)み (tsukkomi)