油腻男

油膩男

yóunìnán

noun

Measure Word

一个油腻男 gè

Meanings

1 greasy guy
2 cringey middle-aged man
3 sleazy man

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

油腻男最爱讲老掉牙的笑话。

Yóunìnán zuì ài jiǎng lǎodiàoyá de xiàohua.

Greasy guys love to tell ancient jokes.

HSK 6

她讨厌饭局上的那种油腻男。

Tā tǎoyàn fànjú shàng de nàzhǒng yóunìnán.

She hates that kind of sleazy guy at dinner parties.

HSK 7-9

没想到他变成了油腻男。

Méixiǎngdào tā biànchéng le yóunìnán.

I didn't expect him to turn into a greasy guy.

Tips

culture

The slang sense of 油腻 went viral in 2017 via a Feng Tang essay listing traits of 'greasy' middle-aged men: pot belly, beads, pretentious wisdom, unsolicited advice. 油腻男 crystallized as the stereotype.

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Internet slang, informal, somewhat mocking. Female counterpart: 油腻女 exists but is rarer.

Stroke Order

油 yóu

腻 nì

男 nán