海王

hǎiwáng

noun #35,935

Measure Word

一个海王 gè

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

他是海王，手机里有几十个聊天对象。

Tā shì hǎiwáng, shǒujī lǐ yǒu jǐ shí gè liáotiān duìxiàng.

He's a player — he has dozens of people he's chatting with on his phone.

你是不是在养鱼啊，海王？

Nǐ shì bú shì 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

海 hǎi

王 wáng