Chinese Urban Dictionary

Learn the latest slang, memes, and trends of China’s netizens

STREET TALK

Shirking 9 to 5

From “stroking fish” to “buying soy sauce,” TWOC presents slang for slacking

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 16, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Royal Roast

Learn the flowery lingo of China’s popular palatial conspiracy shows

Dec. 1, 2019

LANGUAGE

Pandian 2019 Open for Nominations

Enter your favorite internet slang for The Commercial Press’s word-of-the-year contest!

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Nov. 22, 2019

STREET TALK

Tube Troops

TV addiction now has its own slang

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Oct. 4, 2019

LANGUAGE

The Art of the Deal

Phrases to help you in negotiation

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 22, 2019

STREET TALK

Cattle Class

Livestock of the world, unite!—behind this new meme for overwork

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 13, 2019

STREET TALK

A Numbers Game

Decoding Chinese “internet numeral language”

Aug. 29, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Artistic Pretensions

How to talk about art like a critic

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Aug. 25, 2019

STREET TALK

Roll with It

Jargon for anything you love or hate

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 13, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Fitting Remarks

Surviving the fatal ‘how do I look’ question

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 28, 2019

STREET TALK

Cruel Conundrums

When innocent questions prove to be fatal

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

May 3, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

How To Spot Fake News

A surprisingly simple guide to filtering rumors from reality

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 2, 2019

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