硬盤人

Chinese

		hard disk; hard drive	man; person; people
trad. (硬盤人)		硬盤	人
simp. (硬盘人)		硬盘	人

Etymology

Originally used in 寬帶山 in 2008-2009. From initialism of 外地人 (wàidìrén) (WDR), which is associated with Western Digital (WD).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngpánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngan-boe-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngpánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngpánrén
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-pʻan²-jên²
    • Yale: yìng-pán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqparnren
    • Palladius: инпаньжэнь (inpanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngan-boe-gnin
    • MiniDict: ngan^去 boe nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngan-boe-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋã²² bø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

Noun

硬盤人

1. (chiefly Shanghainese, slang, derogatory, offensive) migrant worker; outsider (outside Shanghai)