空耳

kōng'ěr
  1. (neologism, Internet slang) soramimi; intentional mondegreen
  2. soramimi; intentional mondegreen

Wiktionary

Homographs

空耳 kōngěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")

Entry Composition

=1 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
=1 空 kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
=1 空 kǒng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
  2. alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
2 耳 ěr
  1. ear
  2. handle (archaeology)
  3. and that is all (Classical Chinese)