油腻男

油膩男

yóunìnán

noun

Measure Word

一个油腻男 gè

Meanings

1 greasy guy
2 cringey middle-aged man
3 sleazy man

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Examples

没想到他变成了油腻男。

Méi xiǎngdào tā biànchéng le yóunìnán.

I didn't expect him to turn into a greasy guy.

油腻男最爱讲老掉牙的笑话。

Yóunìnán zuì ài jiǎng lǎodiàoyá de xiàohua.

Greasy guys love to tell ancient jokes.

她讨厌饭局上的那种油腻男。

Tā tǎoyàn fànjú shàng de nà zhǒng yóunìnán.

She hates that kind of sleazy guy at dinner parties.

Tips

culture

The slang sense of 油腻 went viral in 2017 via a Feng Tang essay listing traits of 'greasy' middle-aged men: pot belly, beads, pretentious wisdom, unsolicited advice. 油腻男 crystallized as the stereotype.

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Internet slang, informal, somewhat mocking. Female counterpart: 油腻女 exists but is rarer.

Stroke Order

油 yóu

腻 nì

男 nán