Chinese Internet slang explained

Chinese Internet slang refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language. Slang that first appears on the Internet is often adopted to become current in everyday life. It includes content relating to all aspects of social life, mass media, economic, and political topics and the like. Internet slang is arguably the fastest-changing aspect of the language, created by a number of different influences—technology, mass media and foreign culture amongst others.

The categories given below are not exclusive and are used distinguish the different kinds of Chinese internet slang. Some phrases may belong in more than one category.

Numeronyms

Latin abbreviations

Chinese users commonly use a pinyin-enabled QWERTY keyboard. Upper-case letters are easy to type and require no transformation. (Lower-case letters spell words which are changed into Chinese characters). Latin alphabet abbreviations (rather than Chinese characters) are also sometimes used to evade censorship.[3]

Chinese characters abbreviations

Neologisms

With altered meanings

Puns

Borrowings

From English

From Japanese

Criticism

The People's Daily coined the term "vulgar Internet language" to refer the Internet language that "offends the moral" and suggested a blacklist to discourage the usage of them.[15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lovelovechina.com/entertainment/why-thai-laugh-when-chinese-cry/ Why Thai Laugh When Chinese Cry? Accessed 4 February 2015
  2. Web site: 17 August 2020. 10 Popular Chinese Slangs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025161647/https://www.maayot.com/blog/10-chinese-popular-slang-words-you-need-to-know/ . 2020-10-25 . 19 Aug 2020. maayot.
  3. Web site: How the QWERTY Keyboard Is Changing the Chinese Language, accessed 15 February 2015 . 15 February 2015 . 15 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215131004/http://www.chipchick.com/2012/03/qwerty-keyboards.html . live .
  4. Web site: ‘Your Mom Is Dead’: The Origins Of The Chinese Internet Slang NMSL, accessed 17 June 2020 . 17 June 2020 . 18 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200618121744/https://supchina.com/2020/04/23/nmsl-the-origins-of-the-chinese-internet-slang/#:~:text=If%20you%20followed%20the%20recent,%E2%80%9CYour%20mom%20is%20dead.%E2%80%9D . live .
  5. Web site: "Life is harsh, don't expose it." Latest slangs go viral on the internet. 2014-03-31. 2014-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407044551/http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201312150134-1.aspx. live.
  6. Web site: Quick review of internet slang in 2013:You are out of date if you don't know what "too tired to love" means (in Chinese). 2014-03-31. 2014-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407061106/http://media.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2013/1209/c40606-23781882.html. live.
  7. Web site: Web Semantics: Popular Chinese Internet Slang, Expressions and Acronyms, Wired, accessed 6 February 2015 . 6 March 2017 . 22 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222132536/https://www.wired.com/2010/09/web-semantics-popular-chinese-internet-slang-expressions-and-acronyms/ . live .
  8. Web site: ChinaSMACK glossary, accessed 6 February 2015 . 6 February 2015 . 6 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206075439/http://www.chinasmack.com/glossary . live .
  9. Web site: Contemporary Chinese pop slangs 101: the (slightly) naughty guide, accessed 18 December 2016 . 18 December 2016 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220163045/http://www.zentopia-culture.com/single-post/2016/12/17/Contemporary-Chinese-pop-slangs-101-the-slightly-naughty-guide . live .
  10. News: Liangyu . 2017-12-28 . Yearender-China Focus: China's "Buddha-like" youth quietly accept life for what it is . . 2021-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601041638/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/28/c_136857895.htm . 2021-06-01 .
  11. News: 2018-03-14 . Chinese youth adopt "Buddha-like" mindset in face of modern pressures . . People's Daily . 2021-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601041728/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/14/WS5aa9420ca3106e7dcc141abd.html . 2021-06-01 .
  12. Book: Yang, Jie . Minas . Harry . 2021 . The Rise of the Therapeutic in Contemporary China . https://books.google.com/books?id=joYmEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 . Mental Health in China and the Chinese Diaspora: Historical and Cultural Perspectives . International and Cultural Psychology . Cham . . 134–135 . 978-3-030-65160-2 . 10.1007/978-3-030-65161-9 . 242854101 . 2021-06-01 . 2024-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240619215737/https://books.google.com/books?id=joYmEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q&f=false . live .
  13. Web site: Spagat . Elliot . Tang . Didi . As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum . AP News . 30 October 2023 . 6 February 2024 . 5 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405101354/https://apnews.com/article/chinese-emigration-us-mexico-border-darien-381c215ff30f0f2349c2ea118aa280c6 . live .
  14. Web site: Maizland . Lindsay . "Runology:" How to "Run Away" From China . Council on Foreign Relations . 27 May 2022 . 6 February 2024 . 11 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911094739/https://www.cfr.org/blog/runology-how-run-away-china . live .
  15. Web site: 新词迭出,更得咬文嚼字(解码·语言规范) . 2019-05-15 . 2019-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515110802/http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2019-05/15/nw.D110000renmrb_20190515_1-14.htm . live .