0.5

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língdiǎnwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ dim² ng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língdiǎnwǔ [Phonetic: língdiánwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língdiǎnwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-tien³-wu³
    • Yale: líng-dyǎn-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingdeanwuu
    • Palladius: линдяньу (lindjanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língdiǎnrwǔ [Phonetic: língdiánrwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língdiǎnrwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-tien³-ʼrh-wu³
    • Yale: líng-dyǎnr-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingdealwuu
    • Palladius: линдяньру (lindjanʹru)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ dim² ng⁵
    • Yale: lìhng dím ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ dim² ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ dim² ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tiːm³⁵ ŋ̍¹³/

Noun

0.5

1. (gay slang) versatile

   • 答案真的很肯定，從那時候我才知道，我其實想要做一個男人，一個gay，一個0.5。 [MSC, trad.]
     答案真的很肯定，从那时候我才知道，我其实想要做一个男人，一个gay，一个0.5。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33

     Dá'àn zhēnde hěn kěndìng, cóng nà shíhòu wǒ cái zhīdào, wǒ qíshí xiǎngyào zuò yīge nánrén, yīge gay, yīge 0.5. [Pinyin]

     The answer couldn't have been more certain. Until then, I had not realized that I indeed wanted to be a male, a gay man, a half-top-half-bottom.

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