Resolved Help with a Chinese Slang

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  1. xefielle

    xefielle Well-Known Member

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    Was translating a sentence and was just wondering what 'YY' meant?

    Original text:
    [ 刘姐,你这就不懂了吧。帅哥是大家的,只要没结婚我们都可以YY。]

    Quick translation:

    [ Sister Liu, you don't understand. Handsome guys belong to everybody, as long as we're not married we can all be YY. ]

    Was just curious.
     
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    Playful Devil Miki995 [Happy go lucky~]

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    • YY: yì yín (意淫), fantasizing, sexual thoughts.
    Sister Liu, you don't understand. Handsome men belongs to everybody. We can all have sexual thoughts of him as long as he remains single.
     
  3. xefielle

    xefielle Well-Known Member

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    Haha I see! Thanks.
     
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    Shibb Well-Known Member

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    Huh, I always thought it stood for 歪歪
     
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    I think (意淫) is being censored online, so people wrote yy or 歪歪 instead. But they mean the same thing.
     
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    Bakaturq Tell me, what do you see?

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    歪歪: wāi wāi(y y) same pronounciation, also has a double meaning of something pervert(not straight)
    意淫: ( y )ì ( y )ín meaning to thing pervert thoughts, same as above.

    Chinese people like to link different things together, like a complex web
     
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    castorl Well-Known Member

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    In English, I think "fantasizing" or "fantasy-fulfillment" is more accurate since YY isn't necessarily something sexual.
     
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    JaketheDog Well-Known Member

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    最佳解答: YY可以指:一個網路詞彙,「意淫」的縮寫,指通過幻想來滿足某種情緒的宣洩,有阿Q精神的意思
    歪歪是什么意思歪歪为网络热词“YY”的音译词。 “YY”是“歪歪是什么意思歪歪为网络热词“YY”的音译词。 “YY”是“意淫”一词拼音的缩写,因其输入简单,含义隐晦,故在网络中被大量使用,进而被演化为歪歪”一词拼音的缩写,因其输入简单,含义隐晦,故在网络中被大量使用,进而被演化为歪歪
    YY started off as a replacement for 意淫, 歪歪 is a written pronunciation of YY, and now it replaces the word YY.
     
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