私生飯

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	fan
trad. (私生飯)		私	生	飯
simp. (私生饭)		私	生	饭

Etymology

From Korean 사생(私生)팬 (sasaengpaen). Equivalent to blend of 私生活 (sīshēnghuó, “private life”) + 飯／饭 (fàn, “fan”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīshēngfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sang¹ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīshēngfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihshengfàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shêng¹-fan⁴
    • Yale: sz̄-shēng-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshengfann
    • Palladius: сышэнфань (syšɛnfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sang¹ faan⁶
    • Yale: sī sāng faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sang¹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ seng¹ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ faːn²²/

Noun

私生飯

1. (neologism, idol fandom) sasaeng fan (obsessive fan who stalks an idol)

Synonyms

• 私生粉