noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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täng′ pĭng′
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌtɑːŋ ˈpɪŋ/
General-American:/ˌtɑŋ ˈpɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 1
A lifestyle and social protest movement in China beginning in April 2021, which is a rejection of societal pressures to overwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lying flat
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 躺平 (tǎngpíng, “to lie flat; (figurative, neologism) to be unwilling to struggle, to quiet quit”, verb). For further etymology, see that entry.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تانغ بينغ
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Chinese Cantonese:
躺平
(tong2 ping4)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Chinese Mandarin:
躺平
(tǎngpíng)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Teochew:
躺平
(tang2 bên5)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Czech:
tchang-pching
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Finnish:
tang ping
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
German:
Tangping
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
German:
Tang Ping
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Hebrew:
טאנג פינג
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Japanese:
躺平主義
(tanpin shugi)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Japanese:
寝そべり主義
(nesoberi shugi)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Korean:
탕핑족
(tangpingjok)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Russian:
тан пин
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Tibetan:
ཐང་ཕིན་
(thang phin)
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Ukrainian:
тан пін
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Vietnamese:
thảng bình
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
Zhuang:
dangjbingz
— Chinese lifestyle that rejects societal pressures to overwork
