SOCIAL CHINESE
One BBQ Chicken With Milk, Please: Chinese Gamer Slang Today
How gamer slang has pervaded the speech of China’s Gen Z
Slang
STREET TALK
‘Hottest’ Slang of a Record-Breaking Summer
Faced with extreme temperatures all over China and the world, netizens have invented new ways to complain about the heat
STREET TALK
Getting Mouthy: How Chinese Netizens Made Memes from Censorship
Why is the internet full of the character 口 (mouth)?
MUSIC
Slang to Take You Down Memory Lane
A wave of nostalgia has swept through China’s entertainment world, as netizens coin new slang for old stars
STREET TALK
Humbug or High-Quality Human?
An embarrassing dating video gives rise to China's latest slang for sleazy males
STREET TALK
New Slang Coined by the Tokyo Olympics
Mysterious Oriental Power? YYDS? The Olympic Games has invented new language among netizens
STREET TALK
Creating an Atmosphere
For members of the "atmosphere group," appearing to be hard at work is all that matters
LANGUAGE
Chinese Pandian’s Words of 2017
The hottest keywords of the year, according to netizens and the government
