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Internet Slang

STREET TALK

Desperate Illiterates: How Chinese Netizens Rip Celebrities for Their Ignorance

Chinese netizens are ripping a new generation of young celebrities to shreds for their less-than-stellar performances in various interviews

Aria Zhang

Feb. 17, 2023

SOCIAL CHINESE

A Not-So-Modest Proposal: How to Pop the Ultimate Question to Your Loved One

Learn the best (and worst) ways to propose in Chinese

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 14, 2023

STREET TALK

Keep Elegant and Retreat: Top Memes and Slang of 2022

In a year that saw Covid frustrations and viral trends, here are the words and phrases netizens invented to talk about it all

Aria Zhang

Dec. 29, 2022

STREET TALK

Talk Like You Care About the FIFA World Cup

Learn these phrases to fake soccer fandom and join any conversation about the World Cup

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Nov. 25, 2022

STREET TALK

How Gen Z is Changing Work Culture...by Speaking Up

Challenging everything from overtime work to abusive bosses, can China’s “post-00s” really rewrite workplace norms?

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Oct. 1, 2022

SOCIAL CHINESE

Pretty Talks: Talk Like a Chinese Beauty Influencer

Considering a career as a beauty influencer? Talk like one first.

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Sept. 25, 2022

STREET TALK

Netizen Takes on Fallen Celebs

When police detained Li Yifeng, his fans took to social media to vent

Aria Zhang

Sept. 23, 2022

STREET TALK

“Retreat!”—Chinese Netizens’ New Catchphrase Against Frustration

How netizens are repurposing a “spell” from middle-aged aunties to ward off daily evils

Aria Zhang

Sept. 16, 2022

STREET TALK

Turtle Eggs and Scorpion Hearts: The Colorful World of Chinese Cursing

Discover China’s favorite swear words and their cultural contexts

Siyi Chu (褚司怡) & Vickie Wang

Sept. 14, 2022

STREET TALK

Beijing’s Outbreak Spawns Even More Covid Slang

As Covid prevention policies roll on, so too do online slang and memes

Aria Zhang

May 20, 2022

STREET TALK

Memes and Slang From the Shanghai Lockdown

Group-buying chiefs, vegetable storing guides, the Covid calendar, and “hard currency” cola—learn the internet slang inspired by the Shanghai lockdown

Aria Zhang

April 26, 2022

STREET TALK

How Netizens Adapt Classic Literature to the Covid Age

Literary-minded social media posters are adapting famous works for the Covid-19 era

Aria Zhang

April 12, 2022

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