SOCIAL CHINESE
The Secret Life of Chinese Pets
How to talk about (and to) your four-legged friends in Chinese
Chinese Urban Dictionary
Learn the latest slang, memes, and trends of China’s netizens
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
STREET TALK
Staying Negative: New Covid Policies Bring Memes Aplenty
The Chinese internet has exploded with people sharing their positive Covid-19 tests, and joking about what to do next
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
STREET TALK
How Netizens Adapt Lu Xun to Modern Problems
What if the renowned 20th-century writer was alive to splurge on Singles’ Day?
SOCIAL CHINESE
One BBQ Chicken With Milk, Please: Chinese Gamer Slang Today
How gamer slang has pervaded the speech of China’s Gen Z
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?
SOCIAL CHINESE
Pretty Talks: Talk Like a Chinese Beauty Influencer
Considering a career as a beauty influencer? Talk like one first.
STREET TALK
Netizen Takes on Fallen Celebs
When police detained Li Yifeng, his fans took to social media to vent
STREET TALK
“Retreat!”—Chinese Netizens’ New Catchphrase Against Frustration
How netizens are repurposing a “spell” from middle-aged aunties to ward off daily evils
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)?
