中二病

Chinese

 
middle; center; within
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
two
 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad.
(中二病)
中 二 病

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう) (chūnibyō).

Pronunciation


Noun

中二病

  1. (Internet slang, ACG) “sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and pretentious behavior

Japanese

FWOTD – 8 May 2017
Kanji in this term
中 二 病
ちゅう
Grade: 1
に
Grade: 1
びょう
Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
厨二病

Etymology

Compound of 中(ちゅう)二(に) (chūni, “second year of middle school”, short for 中学二年) + 病(びょう) (byō, “sickness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɲ̟ibʲo̞ː]

Noun

中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう) • (chūnibyō) 

  1. (Internet slang) a “sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and/or pretentious behaviour (trying too hard to be special in unusual ways)
    『中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう)でも恋(こい)がしたい!』
    “Chūnibyō de mo koi ga shitai!”
    I want to be in love, even if I have chūnibyō!
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE, episode 23:
      「33(さんじゅうさん)にもなって何(なに)をやっているんだ俺(おれ)は!まるで中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう)全(ぜん)開(かい)じゃないか!」
      “Sanjūsan ni mo natte nani o yatteiru n da ore wa! Maru de chūnibyō zenkai ja nai ka!”
      “I’ll still be doing stuff like that when I’m 33? It's chūnibyō in full force!”

Derived terms

Adjective

中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう) • (chūnibyō) -na, adnominal 中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう)な (chūnibyō na), adverbial 中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう)に (chūnibyō ni)

  1. characterized by such behaviour
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE, episode 6:
      「紅(く)莉(り)栖(す)ちゃんの言(い)う通(とお)りだと思(おも)うよ まゆしぃはそんな長(なが)い名(な)前(まえ)覚(おぼ)えられません」「中(ちゅう)二(に)病(びょう)すぎだろ、常(じょう)考(こう)」
      “Kurisu-chan no iu tōri da to omou yo Mayushī wa sonna nagai namae oboeraremasen” “Chūnibyō sugi daro, jōkō”
      “I think Kurisu-chan is right. Mayushii couldn’t possibly remember a name that long.” “Isn’t it too edgy? Come on, man.”

Inflection

Descendants

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 中二病 (zhōng'èrbìng)
  • English: chuunibyou, chuuni
  • Korean: 중2병 (中二病, jung2byeong)

See also

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