w7u4

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Chinese

what freaking thing you say
simp. and trad.
(w7u4)
w 7 u 4
Literally: “What the freak are you saying?”.

Etymology

Initialism of English what + Cantonese 7 (cat1), a euphemism for Chinese (cat6, penis) + English u (you) + Cantonese (sei3, four), near-homophone with English say and written as a number.

Pronunciation

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Particularly: “Cantonese”

Phrase

w7u4

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) what on earth are you saying?

References

  • Wetters, R. (2021) ““Kong Girl Phonetics”: Loose Cantonese Romanization in the 2019 Hong Kong Protest Movement”, in Sino-Platonic Papers[1], number 317, →ISSN