尬舞

gàwǔ
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to dance-battle (street dance)
  2. 2 to bust out awkward / cringe dance moves

Examples

HSK 5
Dàshū zài gōngyuán lǐ gàwǔ, shìpín huǒ le.
The uncle's awkward dancing in the park went viral.
HSK 6
Liǎng duì jiēwǔ gāoshǒu zài guǎngchǎng shàng gàwǔ.
Two street-dance crews battled it out on the plaza.

Tips

history
comes from Taiwanese Hokkien (to compete / match) - transliterated to because it sounds similar. The original sense was 'battle in street dance,' but the overlap with 尴尬 (awkward) gave rise to the modern sense of cringe-dancing.

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