尊嘟假嘟
- Literally
- Cutesy baby-talk for 真的假的 (zhēn de jiǎ de, 'really or not?').
- Meaning
- A cutesy way of saying 'Really? No way!' to show surprise or playful disbelief.
- Popular since
- 2023
What does 尊嘟假嘟 mean?
尊嘟假嘟 is 真的假的 ('is it true or not?') said in a baby voice, and it registers surprise or playful disbelief in an exaggeratedly cute tone. It belongs to a whole chat style in which people deliberately 'mispronounce' words to sound sweeter, and it usually arrives with animal stickers attached. The disbelief can be genuine excitement, as in 'you won? 尊嘟假嘟!', or teasing skepticism, and the standard answer is simply 尊嘟 ('for real').
Where does 尊嘟假嘟 come from?
It's a homophone pun built on how a small child, or a cute animal in a dubbed clip, might mangle 真的假的. Sources credit the social media account 伯恩山bot with popularizing it around mid-2023. From there it spread across Chinese platforms and even turned up in shop names and trademark applications.
How to use 尊嘟假嘟
- 你中奖了？尊嘟假嘟！
Nǐ zhòngjiǎng le? Zūn dū jiǎ dū!
You won a prize? No wayyy, for real?! - 明天放假？尊嘟假嘟？
Míngtiān fàngjià? Zūn dū jiǎ dū?
We get tomorrow off? For real for real?
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