要秃了

要禿了

yàotūle

phrase

Meanings

1 about to go bald (from stress)
2 I'm losing my hair (humorous complaint)

Characters

change of state particle

Examples

HSK 3

这个 bug 查了三天，我要秃了。

Zhège bug chá le sān tiān, wǒ yàotūle.

I've been hunting this bug for three days, I'm going bald.

HSK 5

写毕业论文真的要秃了。

Xiě bìyè lùnwén zhēnde yàotūle.

Writing my thesis is making me lose hair.

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A standard programmer, grad-student, or overworker complaint on the Chinese internet. The joke plays on the stereotype of stressed 程序员 having thinning hair. Often shortened to 秃头警告.

Stroke Order

要 yào

秃 tū

了 le