秃了

禿了

tūle

phrase

Meanings

1 (I'm) going bald
2 balding (from stress / overwork)

Characters

(change-of-state particle)

Examples

加班加到秃了。

Jiābān jiā dào tū le.

Working so much overtime I'm going bald.

程序员的标配:秃了,但是变强了。

Chéngxùyuán de biāopèi: tū le, dànshì biàn qiáng le.

Standard programmer package: I'm bald, but I got stronger.

改毕业论文改得我都要秃了。

Gǎi bìyè lùnwén gǎi de wǒ dōu yào tū le.

Revising my thesis is turning me bald.

Tips

culture

Internet-era complaint tied to overwork culture. The meme '秃了,但是变强了' (bald but stronger) parodies shōnen anime tropes — associated especially with Saitama from One Punch Man and Chinese tech workers.

Stroke Order

秃 tū

了 le