杠精

Traditional form:

杠精

Pinyin (reading):

gàngjīng

Definitions:

• (slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person

Characters:

• 杠 - pole, bar; lever, crowbar
• 精 - essence, germ, spirit

Traditional characters:

• 杠 - pole, bar; lever, crowbar
• 精 - essence, germ, spirit