천안문당하다

Korean

Etymology

From 천안문(天安門) (Cheonanmun, Tian'anmen) + 당하다 (danghada, verb suffix creating a passive), in reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in China; the Chinese government claims that nothing happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989, and anything related to the incident gets deleted or censored on websites based in China.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹na̠nmunda̠ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonanmundanghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheon'anmundanghada
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnanmundanghada
Yale Romanization?chen.anmuntanghata

Verb

천안문당하다 (cheonanmundanghada) (infinitive 천안문당해 or 천안문당하여, sequential 천안문당하니)

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, intransitive) to have the existence removed and leave no trace of something/someone (usually done by someone who has an authority)
    올린 천안문당했다.
    Nae-ga ollin geur-i cheonanmundanghaetda.
    The post I uploaded got deleted.
    (literally, “The post I uploaded got Tian'anmen-ed.”)
    사람 천안문당하겠네.
    Jeo saram got cheonanmundanghagenne.
    That guy will be vanished soon.
    (literally, “That guy will get Tian'anmen-ed soon.”)

Conjugation

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