Zzzzz... i just knew the meaning of diao not so long ago... and i was a bit... embarrassed that im such a noob about not knowing about this sort of thing... gah... i went around asking my friends in campus what diao means, and surprisingly, not many wanted to answer me but asked me to look it up on the internet. I asked a close friend of mine and he said it means 'cool' because Jay Chou popularized it to be that way... so yea... COOL... but then, looked up on the internet... it means penis... WTF... no wonder my brother asked me not to say that word in public coz people might get sensitive about it... omg... omg... im in deep shit... zzzz... joking...
This is taken from Jay-Chou.net forums:
DIAO
literal meaning: penis
colloquial meaning: cool / outrageous
Chinese character: 屌
Han Yu Pin Yin/Mandarin: diao3 - diao in third tone
Cantonese pronunciation: diu/dieu/diew (however you want to romanize it) - higher tone than Mandarin *note this is a swear word in Cantonese, so don't use it the way Jay does
Jay uses the word "diao" for the slang definition, meaning "cool". For his expression "diao bu diao", it basically just means "cool or what?".
Then from Time Asia.com:
Finally, he leans in close: "Let me tell you about diao."
Diao is a Taiwanese slang usually translated as "cool" or "outrageous." It literally means "penis."
"It's my personal philosophy," he explains, "but it has nothing to do with religion. It means that whatever you do, you don't try to follow others. Go your own way, you know?"
He sits back, shakes his hair out of his eyes and nods. This is serious. This is deep. This is the metaphysical mechanism that he feels explains his pop stardom, as opposed to his musical talent. "It's like, the ability to shock. The way I think of shocking people is to do things that people don't expect in my music, in my performances. Like during my first Taipei show last year, I was performing Long Quan (Dragon Fist) [Chou's favorite tune from his Eight Dimensions CD] and I took off on a harness and flew out over the audience. That was diao."
Diao is an internal process, a mystical path that makes extreme demands and forces stringent measures. It requires, mysteriously, that Chou forgo wearing underwear, a lifestyle choice that is endlessly vexing to his mother. "He used to wear underwear as a child," she sighs. "Maybe it is something he started since working with Jacky Wu." Chou himself will not elaborate. The diao that can be spoken of, apparently, is not the eternal diao.
The diao, of course, has made him wealthy, a millionaire, but he insists all that is a distraction.
Diao can make people rich??? zzzz...
In Kuching, try saying diao to the nearest guy you meet and the next thing before you know it, you are in the big monsoon drain, drinking those foul putrid air longkang... and you're never gonna get rich by saying that here. In Taiwan, say diao and you're the coolest person on earth... wahhhh... im the diao-est person on earth!!!
So from this diao-ing experience, i finally derived what it is all about... the context of using diao is the same as using nigga... in Taiwan, it is acceptable for people to say diao to whomever and whenever they like... just like the blacks in America can say nigga to any fellow African Americans around... but if someone else who is not from the same 'species' says diao or nigga? He might just end up being slapped at the face... or worse... dead from some stray bullet that only God knows where it came from... zzzz... so the dangers of this two words are unprecedented... this is why... NEVER FOLLOW SLANGS... buh... slangs are common in some cultures but may be bad in others... so yea... watch your mouth when you're speaking...
The last thing you wanna hear from someone right now is... 'I have the diao-est diao diao-ing in this diao diao world...' or someone humming to 'diao diao diao diao diao diao diao diao...' try humming it to Jay's Huo Yan Jia song...... =_= i know im lame... but diao-ing is so not my thing... diuuuuuuu
sorry JAY... but i still love your music and you as well... ^^ Jay fan forever... =D
In Berberboo's mind: And i always thought diao was to slap someone... omg, how noob can i get?
This is taken from Jay-Chou.net forums:
DIAO
literal meaning: penis
colloquial meaning: cool / outrageous
Chinese character: 屌
Han Yu Pin Yin/Mandarin: diao3 - diao in third tone
Cantonese pronunciation: diu/dieu/diew (however you want to romanize it) - higher tone than Mandarin *note this is a swear word in Cantonese, so don't use it the way Jay does
Jay uses the word "diao" for the slang definition, meaning "cool". For his expression "diao bu diao", it basically just means "cool or what?".
Then from Time Asia.com:
Finally, he leans in close: "Let me tell you about diao."
Diao is a Taiwanese slang usually translated as "cool" or "outrageous." It literally means "penis."
"It's my personal philosophy," he explains, "but it has nothing to do with religion. It means that whatever you do, you don't try to follow others. Go your own way, you know?"
He sits back, shakes his hair out of his eyes and nods. This is serious. This is deep. This is the metaphysical mechanism that he feels explains his pop stardom, as opposed to his musical talent. "It's like, the ability to shock. The way I think of shocking people is to do things that people don't expect in my music, in my performances. Like during my first Taipei show last year, I was performing Long Quan (Dragon Fist) [Chou's favorite tune from his Eight Dimensions CD] and I took off on a harness and flew out over the audience. That was diao."
Diao is an internal process, a mystical path that makes extreme demands and forces stringent measures. It requires, mysteriously, that Chou forgo wearing underwear, a lifestyle choice that is endlessly vexing to his mother. "He used to wear underwear as a child," she sighs. "Maybe it is something he started since working with Jacky Wu." Chou himself will not elaborate. The diao that can be spoken of, apparently, is not the eternal diao.
The diao, of course, has made him wealthy, a millionaire, but he insists all that is a distraction.
Diao can make people rich??? zzzz...
In Kuching, try saying diao to the nearest guy you meet and the next thing before you know it, you are in the big monsoon drain, drinking those foul putrid air longkang... and you're never gonna get rich by saying that here. In Taiwan, say diao and you're the coolest person on earth... wahhhh... im the diao-est person on earth!!!
So from this diao-ing experience, i finally derived what it is all about... the context of using diao is the same as using nigga... in Taiwan, it is acceptable for people to say diao to whomever and whenever they like... just like the blacks in America can say nigga to any fellow African Americans around... but if someone else who is not from the same 'species' says diao or nigga? He might just end up being slapped at the face... or worse... dead from some stray bullet that only God knows where it came from... zzzz... so the dangers of this two words are unprecedented... this is why... NEVER FOLLOW SLANGS... buh... slangs are common in some cultures but may be bad in others... so yea... watch your mouth when you're speaking...
The last thing you wanna hear from someone right now is... 'I have the diao-est diao diao-ing in this diao diao world...' or someone humming to 'diao diao diao diao diao diao diao diao...' try humming it to Jay's Huo Yan Jia song...... =_= i know im lame... but diao-ing is so not my thing... diuuuuuuu
sorry JAY... but i still love your music and you as well... ^^ Jay fan forever... =D
In Berberboo's mind: And i always thought diao was to slap someone... omg, how noob can i get?
5 comments:
Hahahaha. My mum taught me that. It also means 'Screw you' in Cantonese. I'm talking about the Cantonese version of course. I had no idea what 'diao' means until this post too.
people in kuching don't say diao or diu often meh?
[sjs dm] haha... so someone did learn something from this post... hahaha...
[pervertism101] nope... they hardly... unless the gangsters la... but very seldom...
Ahah O.o i always thought diao means let ppl fuck something lik ho-lan-pu (let ppl fuck)
ahah true i remembered tht day i was talking to tomi then i sed bak chiu pak chiao coz my fren sed tht means eyes juling but i realise like way after tht pak chiao is masturbate for guys ewwww!
never wanna use it again..
[carol] hahaha... yalo... sometimes people always tell us the wrong meaning of the word and we just use it simply how... zzzz... thats scaryy... people might feel offended at times... sighs
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