duang

Thai ดวง (duuang).

duang (plural duangs)

1. A kind of Asian horoscope.

• Dugan, gunda

• (facetious character) ⿱成龍／⿱成龙
• (Hong Kong) 動L／动L

From a mishearing of an unusually-pronounced "頭髮動啊，很黑，很亮，很柔" (tóufà dòng a hěn hēi, hěn liàng, hěn róu, "my hair becomes very black, shiny, and smooth"), a phrase spoken by Jackie Chan in a shampoo advertisement.[1]

• (imitating the original pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tʷãɔ̃⁵⁴⁵⁴/

duang

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   • 其實一開始粉他，我是拒絕的。但是當我偷偷看了他在《我是歌手》的演出之後，就像加了特技一樣。duang！ [MSC, trad.]
     其实一开始粉他，我是拒绝的。但是当我偷偷看了他在《我是歌手》的演出之后，就像加了特技一样。duang！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 我是歌手 (I Am a Singer), 第三季第12期

     Qíshí yī kāishǐ fěn tā, wǒ shì jùjué de. Dànshì dāng wǒ tōutōu kàn le tā zài “Wǒ shì gēshǒu” de yǎnchū zhī hòu, jiù xiàng jiā le tèjì yīyàng. Duāng! [Pinyin]

     Actually, when I first started to follow him, I rejected him. But after secretly watching him perform at I Am a Singer, it was as if there were special effects. Duang!

• Duang, Language Log, March 1, 2015