천안문당하다

Korean

Etymology

From 천안문(天安門) (Cheonanmun, Tian'anmen) + 당하다 (danghada, verb suffix creating a passive), in reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in China; the Chinese government claims that nothing happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989, and anything related to the incident gets deleted or censored on websites based in China.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹na̠nmunda̠ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonanmundanghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheon'anmundanghada
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnanmundanghada
Yale Romanization?chen.anmuntanghata

Verb

천안문당하다 • (cheonanmundanghada) (infinitive 천안문당해 or 천안문당하여, sequential 천안문당하니)

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, intransitive) to have the existence removed and leave no trace of something/someone (usually done by someone who has an authority)
    올린 천안문당했다.
    Nae-ga ollin geur-i cheonanmundanghaetda.
    The post I uploaded got deleted.
    (literally, “The post I uploaded got Tian'anmen-ed.”)
    사람 천안문당하겠네.
    Jeo saram got cheonanmundanghagenne.
    That guy will be vanished soon.
    (literally, “That guy will get Tian'anmen-ed soon.”)

Conjugation

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