Updated July 2026
What does 这河里吗 mean?
这河里吗 (zhè hé lǐ ma) means is this even reasonable? in internet Chinese slang. Comic disbelief: "is this even reasonable?" A deliberate homophone of 这合理吗 (zhè hélǐ ma). Literally, it means "is this in the river?".
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Example
他迟到两小时还怪我，这河里吗？
Tā chídào liǎng xiǎoshí hái guài wǒ, zhè hé lǐ ma?
He was two hours late and still blamed me — is that even reasonable?
Where 这河里吗 comes from
Typing 合理 (hélǐ, "reasonable") as 河里 (hélǐ, "in the river") started as an input-method joke and stuck, because the absurd literal image suits the absurd situations it describes.
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