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空hung1耳ji5

hung1 ji5kōng ěr

English

  1. to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")
  2. soramimi, a homophonic translation that neglects the original meaning

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 聽到咩就寫咩;唔理原文點解,單憑感覺聽落最似嘅發音作出音譯

Examples

  • 有冇睇過《黃金戰士》泰文版啲空耳字幕?

    Have you ever seen the soramimi subtitles of Thai version of "Gold Lightan"'s theme song?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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