海王

hǎiwáng
noun #35,935

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 player (dating)
  2. 2 someone who dates many people at once
  3. 3 Neptune; sea king

Examples

Tā shì hǎiwáng, shǒujī lǐ yǒu jǐshí gè liáotiān duìxiàng.
He's a player — he has dozens of people he's chatting with on his phone.
Nǐ shìbúshì zài yǎngyú a, hǎiwáng?
Are you keeping fish (stringing people along), sea king?

Tips

culture
海王 (sea king/Neptune) is a metaphor: the 'king of the sea' has countless 'fish' (romantic interests) in their ocean. Related slang: 养鱼 (raising fish = stringing along multiple love interests), 鱼塘 (fish pond = one's collection of romantic prospects).
memory
Picture Aquaman/Neptune ruling over an ocean full of fish — each fish is a different person they're leading on romantically.

Stroke Order

hǎi
wáng