阿姨洗鐵路

See also: 阿姨洗铁路

Chinese

		maternal aunt	to wash; to bathe	railroad; railway
trad. (阿姨洗鐵路)		阿姨	洗	鐵路
simp. (阿姨洗铁路)		阿姨	洗	铁路
Literally: “auntie is washing the train tracks”.

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching of Japanese 愛(あい)してる (ai shiteru, “I love you”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āyí xǐ tiělù

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄧˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ ji^4-1 sai² tit³ lou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āyí xǐ tiělù [Phonetic: āyíxítiělù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄧˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ayí sǐ tiělù
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-i² hsi³ tʻieh³-lu⁴
  - Yale: ā-yí syǐ tyě-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayi shii tieeluh
  - Palladius: аи си телу (ai si telu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ ji^4-1 sai² tit³ lou⁶
  - Yale: a yī sái tit louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ ji^4-1 sai² tit⁸ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ yi^4-1 sei² tid³ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

Phrase

阿姨洗鐵路

(Internet slang, humorous) I love you

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