猴賽雷

See also: 猴赛雷

Chinese

	monkey	to compete; competition; match	thunder
trad. (猴賽雷)	猴	賽	雷
simp. (猴赛雷)	猴	赛	雷
alt. forms	猴塞雷猴腮雷

Etymology

Jocular approximation of Cantonese 好犀利 (hou2 sai1 lei6, “so impressive”) in Mandarin.

Originated in an online post by a young female with the pseudonym of 猴賽雷 who was soliciting for a boyfriend. Her pseudonym was used to ridicule the exorbitantly stringent criteria she listed in the post, and it subsequently spread as a netizen meme since the start of 2016 as it is the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóusàiléi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóusàiléi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoursaylei
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵/

Adjective

猴賽雷

(neologism, slang) very impressive; amazing; shocking; synonym of 很厲害.

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