御宅族

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	residence	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (御宅族)		御	宅	族
simp. #(御宅族)		御	宅	族

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 御宅 (otaku) 族 (zú, “clan”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùzháizú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄞˊ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ zaak^6-2 zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùzháizú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄞˊ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjháizú
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chai²-tsu²
    • Yale: yù-jái-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjairtzwu
    • Palladius: юйчжайцзу (jujčžajczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ zaak^6-2 zuk⁶
    • Yale: yuh jáak juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ dzaak^9-2 dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ zag^6-2 zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² t͡saːk̚²⁻³⁵ t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

御宅族

1. otaku

Synonyms

• 阿宅 (āzhái)
• 宅男 (zháinán, “male otaku”)
• 宅女 (zháinǚ, “female otaku”)
• 死宅 (sǐzhái)