The term fail is pretty popular on the internet these days, and one I'm quite fond of.
Looking in my Chinese dictionary I can't find a great equivalent - is there a good way to say this? What would be the best word to use?
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1"Win" also.. in an internet context (as an antonym to "fail") as in "Full of win" or "so much win" – jsj Dec 15 '11 at 03:04
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Direct translation of fail would be 失败
However, in internet context, I think 糗(qiǔ) is more suitable.
糗 means embarrassing, usually as a result of you failed something...
When used as verb, you would say 出糗, means you did something embarrassing. For example:
我出糗了
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囧(jiong3) to fail，or 囧大了，囧大发了 to epic fail
When fail use to describe some fails in movie/tv drama, we say 穿帮
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3囧 is the one which is usually used on the internet in a similar way to the "fail" meme. The character originally means light, or bright, but later adopted the meaning of fail because it looks like a fail face. – soraM31 Dec 16 '11 at 21:54
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I would suggest "悲剧" (mainland China).
"悲剧" literally means "tragedy". When you "fail" to do something it's really a tragedy (haha).
This usage gained popularity in recent years among mainland Chinese Internet users.
I think "悲剧" is a better translation of "fail" compared with "囧". I use "囧" when I'm embarrassed or frustrated, similar to "呃" and "无语". "囧" as a slang term has the same meaning as "窘" in "窘迫" (uneasy).
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+1. I think this answer is more accurate than the others in the context of internet usage. – NS.X. Feb 10 '14 at 21:57
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+1, I agree 悲剧 conveys the idea of failure better than the other suggestions. (such as I can say My exam result is an epic failure. But I can't say it's 囧 or 出糗). Or we can use the even more popular version of this. 杯具 (This is deliberately written wrong for a more humorous effect) – Scharlach Nachtfalter Jul 26 '20 at 12:43