紅果果

Chinese

	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	fruit; result	fruit; result
trad. (紅果果)	紅	果	果
simp. (红果果)	红	果	果
Literally: “red fruity fruit”.

Etymology

Humorous rendition of 赤裸裸 (chìluǒluǒ), using synonyms (赤 and 紅 both mean “red”) and similar-looking characters (裸 ~ 果) to bypass websites' censorship of texts containing the character 裸 (luǒ, “naked”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngguǒguǒ
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóngguǒguǒ [Phonetic: hóngguóguǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngguuoguuo
  - IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

紅果果

(slang, humorous) Alternative form of 赤裸裸 (chìluǒluǒ, “naked; plain; pure; undisguised”).