空耳
hung1 ji5kōng ěr
English
- 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")
- soramimi, a homophonic translation that neglects the original meaning
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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