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Zhonglish 

(n) The mangled, garbled, butchered, malapropriated or trashed Chinese spoken by native speakers of English.

Pronunciation notes: Similar to Joan-glish. The ZH is NOT pronounced like the S in "fusion" but like the DGE in fudge.

Origin: "zhong" is taken directly from the first syllable of the Mandarin word for Chinese; "lish" is from English, of course.

Usage: Zhonglish is the mirror image of Chinglish but is less likely to be hurled as an insult. It is amusing, not abusing, and is usually applied to learners of Mandarin, although it could conceivably be applied to Wu, Cantonese, or others.

History: "Zhonglish" has been used by learners of Chinese at least since the early 1960s.
Bemused by Kevin's Zhonglish, the Beijinger said kindly, "You speak very well -- it sounds like you're singing a song."
Zhonglish by Beijing Sounds January 27, 2008
i like zonglin
zonglin is cool
zonglin by johanadestoryer November 18, 2020

zhonglde 

a ship name for zhongli x childe
also can be said when zhongli attacks someone
“zhonglde is my otp” or “you just got zhonglde”
zhonglde by albedoswift August 31, 2021
A very lovely person I'd love to be mutuals with
Aw shucks I just love zhvngli! If only they were my mutual...
zhvngli by Zhvngli lover123 April 15, 2021

Zhonglix 

a weird and intimidating bitch that is on thin ice (and is enjoying ofc after all it's zen) , is allergic to hedgehogs and masturbates in school but besides that they're actually a nice person
"ayo yk that dude Zhonglix?"
"oh you mean that dude that was cought masturbating in school? ofc ik him"
Zhonglix by pu pu April 28, 2021

zhonglissugardaddie 

zhonglissugardaddie Is soo cool.