Asia's Hottest Pop Star Jay Chou

This is the word that Jay uses most of the time, 'diao' . A lot of people doesn't really understand its meaning, some say its a rude and inappropriate word. What exactly does Jay mean by his 'diao' ?



DIAO
literal meaning: penis
colloquial meaning: cool / outrageous
Chinese character: 屌
Han Yu Pin Yin/Mandarin: diao3 - diao in third tone
Cantonese pronunciation: diu/dieu/diew (however you want to romanize it) - higher tone than Mandarin *note this is a swear word in Cantonese, so don't use it the way Jay does

Jay uses the word "diao" for the slang definition, meaning "cool". For his expression "diao bu diao", it basically just means "cool or what?".

If you'd like to read further, then have a look at this Time Asia article on Jay. You'll find a discussion on "diao" there.

I personally like the article on him, how did his teacher thought he was dumb. Idolmakers thought he was ugly. But Jay Chou has become Asia's hottest pop star!!

Haha, Elven thinks that the word diao is very inappropriate though, guess now this explains him everything