膜蛤

Chinese

		to worship	toad
trad. (膜蛤)		膜	蛤
simp. #(膜蛤)		膜	蛤

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 膜蛤文化 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Moha culture (English)

Etymology

From 膜拜 (“to prostrate oneself in worship”) + 蛤蟆 (“frog; toad”) (from Jiang's supposed amphibious resemblance).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móhá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móhá
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ha²
    • Yale: mwó-há
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohar
    • Palladius: моха (moxa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xä³⁵/

Noun

膜蛤

1. (Mainland China, neologism) a subculture spoofing Jiang Zemin (former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China)