Question of the Day #678

Chi-Fi : What it is and why we should care

From the headline of this article at Samma3a.com.

上記の文で、Chi-Fiの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "Chi-Fi" mean?

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解答

意味：
Hi-FiがHigh Fidelityの混成語であるように、Chi-FiはChina（またはChinese）とFidelityの混成語です。英辞郎等のオンライン英和辞典にまだ掲載されていないので、下記Samma3a.comの英語の定義を訳しました。

一般的にChi-Fiは、中国で生産されている比較的廉価なオーディオ製品（とくに、イヤホン、アンプ、DAP）の総称です。

Answer

According to Samma3a.com:

...the term “Chi-Fi” is one which is widely used to refer to relatively low-cost audio products (especially earphones, amplifiers, and DAPs), most of which tend to be produced in China.

Examples

• Immediately we can see how the term Chi-Fi could be totally misused and misinterpreted because loads of companies, some really large ones, produce their products in China.
• Online, the phenomenon is known as “Chi-fi” — a mashup of “Chinese” and “high-fidelity.”
• “I first heard Chi-Fi as a term about two to three years ago, it’s sort of like a meme,” says Lachlan Tsang, an audio YouTuber who also works at a high-end audio shop in Sydney, Australia.
• What has followed on from this are a bunch of Chi-Fi in-ear-monitors too, some of which actually look like seriously well-designed products.
• “It’s just so easy to get into it, and you just want to try more and more and more,” says Lee. “For Chi-Fi, it’s like, oh, it’s only another 20 bucks, so why not?”

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