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 1
Wǒ shì yì zhī māo de chǎnshǐguān.
I'm a cat's poop-scooping officer (i.e., cat owner).
HSK 3
Měi ge chǎnshǐguān dōu dǒng zhè zhǒng kuàilè.
Every pet parent understands this kind of joy.
HSK 7-9
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
铲 (shovel) + 屎 (poop) + 官 (officer). The joke is pairing the dignified 官 suffix with the undignified 铲屎 duty.

Stroke Order

铲 chǎn
屎 shǐ
官 guān