铲屎官

鏟屎官
chǎnshǐguān
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pet owner (playful, lit. 'poop-scooping officer')
  2. 2 cat/dog parent

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒ shì yì zhī māo de chǎnshǐguān.
I'm a cat's poop-scooping officer (i.e., cat owner).
HSK 3
Měige chǎnshǐguān dōu dǒng zhèzhǒng kuàilè.
Every pet parent understands this kind of joy.
HSK 3
Chǎnshǐguān men kuài lái kàn zhè zhī jīnmáo!
Pet parents, come check out this golden retriever!

Tips

register
Internet slang, very common on Weibo and Xiaohongshu pet content. Self-deprecating: the owner pretends the pet is the boss who hired them to scoop poop.
memory
(shovel) + (poop) + (officer). The joke is pairing the dignified suffix with the undignified 铲屎 duty.

Stroke Order

chǎn
shǐ
guān