To learn about some of the most popular Chinese websites, take a look at our article Top 10 Popular Chinese Websites<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent years, China has seen a shift from computers to mobile devices, especially, since Tencent, the company behind QQ and WeChat began taking over the world with app development. Most Chinese internet users are watching movies, listening to music and gaming, unlike the western market, who mostly use their mobile phones for productivity and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies like Tencent cater to the Chinese market allowing their users to do EVERYTHING from within one app. WeChat allows you to chat with friends via text, voice and video, play games, post your pictures, not to mention pay for products online and in-store using WeChat Wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most recent addition to WeChat is the \u2018Mini Program\u2019, that allows you to pin a \u2018mini-app\u2019 to the top of your chat, so that there\u2019s no need to even close WeChat to order food, check when the bus will arrive or see the best restaurant in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although games consoles such as Microsoft\u2019s Xbox were, until recently, not available to buy in China, gaming is still a huge part of Chinese culture for many young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many, owning a computer is still fairly unattainable, which is why China has become inundated with internet cafes \u7f51\u5427<\/a> (w\u01ceng ba), predominantly full of young men eating \u65b9\u4fbf\u9762<\/a> (f\u0101ng bi\u00e0n mi\u00e0n) and chain-smoking. With fast speed connections, these internet cafes have allowed gamers the opportunity to play online for an hourly rate 24 hours a day. There have been many stories within the last few years about the \u2018addictive\u2019 effects gaming has had on teenagers and young people especially in China, sometimes even resulting in death<\/a>, which in turn has seen the introduction of unconventional Game Addiction Rehab Camps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since most Chinese gamers have never gotten their hands on games that are popular in the west, such as first person shoot-em-up Call of Duty<\/i>, Chinese gaming companies have been able to saturate the market with their own games. Chinese gamers are mostly playing real-time strategy games or MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games), like World of Warcraft.<\/i> Even if other game genres were available to play, they wouldn\u2019t be free, unlike the RPGs available online in China, and it seems they might just find the likes of Fallout 4<\/i> and Halo <\/i>to be extremely boring\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are several lists of vocabulary words associated with Chinese internet culture and gaming. Plus some Chinese internet slang words that are both interesting and amusing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6e38\u620f<\/a> (y\u00f3u x\u00ec) Game<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6e38\u620f\u673a<\/a> (y\u00f3u x\u00ec j\u012b) Games Console<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u9b54\u517d\u4e16\u754c<\/a> (m\u00f3 sh\u00f2u sh\u00ec ji\u00e8) World of Warcraft (WOW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u585e\u5c14\u8fbe\u4f20\u8bf4<\/a> (s\u00e0i \u011br d\u00e1 chu\u00e1n shu\u014d) Legend of Zelda<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6211\u7684\u4e16\u754c<\/a> (w\u01d2 de sh\u00ec ji\u00e8) Minecraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u82f1\u96c4\u8054\u76df<\/a> (y\u012bng xi\u00f3ng li\u00e1n m\u00e9ng) League of Legends (LOL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7f51\u7edc<\/a> (w\u01ceng lu\u00f2) Internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7f51\u7ad9<\/a> (w\u01ceng zh\u00e0n) Website<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u535a\u5ba2<\/a> (b\u00f3 k\u00e8) Blog<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8bba\u575b<\/a> (l\u00f9n t\u00e1n) Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7f51\u6c11<\/a> (w\u01ceng m\u00edn) Netizen (used by the media to describe users of the internet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u4e94\u6bdb\u515a<\/a> (w\u01d4 m\u00e1o d\u01ceng) Fifty Cent Army (a person who uses to internet for government propaganda)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7f51\u7279<\/a> (w\u01ceng t\u00e8) agent provocateur (on internet forums)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u952e\u76d8\u4fa0<\/a> (ji\u00e0n p\u00e1n xi\u00e1) Keyboard \u2018Hero\u2019 – someone who uses their keyboard to create a \u2018persona\u2019 to troll sites, but in real life they\u2019re no-one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u9017\u6bd4<\/a> (d\u00f2u bi) Funny man – Someone is funny, silly and a little cute<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5403\u8d27<\/a> (ch\u012b hu\u00f2) Food aficionado\/foodie<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5907\u80ce<\/a> (b\u00e8i t\u0101i) \u2018Spare wheel\u2019 – a guy or girl who is always available as a \u2018fallback\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7167\u9a97<\/a> (zh\u00e0o pi\u00e0n) \u2018Photo liar\u2019 – Someone whose social media photos are deceiving (due to photoshopping etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u58d5<\/a> (h\u00e1o) \u2018trench\u2019 – Someone who is rich. Originally derived from \u571f\u8c6a<\/a> (t\u01d4 h\u00e1o) meaning nouveau riche<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u76f4\u7537\u764c<\/a> (zh\u00ed n\u00e1n \u00e1i) \u2018Straight man cancer\u2019 – Chauvinist<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u767d\u83b2\u82b1<\/a> (b\u00e1i li\u00e1n hu\u0101) \u2018White lotus\u2019 – someone who is pure in appearance, but opposite inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5723\u6bcd<\/a> (sh\u00e8ng m\u01d4) \u2018Goddess\u2019 – Originally a woman who would sacrifice herself to protect others. Now commonly used to describe someone who sacrifices others to \u2018save people\u2019, or be generous at the expense of others to implement his \/ her moral superiority or purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5355\u8eab\u72d7<\/a> (d\u0101n sh\u0113n g\u01d2u) \u2018Single dog\u2019 – a person who is single<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u79c0\u6069\u7231<\/a> (xi\u00f9 \u0113n \u00e0i) A couple who show off their love in front of others or on social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5582\u72d7\u7cae<\/a> (w\u00e8i g\u01d2u li\u00e1ng) \u2018To feed dog food\u2019 – A couple show love in front of single people<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7231\u8c46<\/a> (\u00e0i d\u00f2u) Idol<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u9ed1\u7c89<\/a> (h\u0113i f\u011bn) \u2018Black fans\u2019 (Internet) Troll (The character \u7c89 plays on the English word, \u2018fan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8def\u4eba<\/a> (l\u00f9 r\u00e9n) Passerby – People who neither like nor dislike a celebrity but post a comment at random.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6c34\u519b<\/a> (shu\u01d0 j\u016bn) \u2018Navy\u2019 – People create \u2018heat\u2019 for a specific celebrity and control the direction of the conversation. Similar to paying for \u2018LIKES\u2019 on Facebook. \u6c34 (shu\u01d0) previously had a negative meaning, which was to talk about irrelevant topics in forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8111\u6b8b\u7c89<\/a> (n\u01ceo c\u00e1n f\u011bn) Fanboy \/ fangirl – Obsessive about one topic, and can sometimes make comments which may affect their \u2018idol\u2019 in a negative way<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u50f5\u5c38\u7c89<\/a> (ji\u0101ng sh\u012b f\u011bn) Zombie Fans – Used on Weibo to describe fake \u2018followers\u2019 bought by users. (Like FB likes etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7c89\u8f6c\u9ed1<\/a> (f\u011bn zhu\u01cen h\u0113i) \u2018Fan turned black\u2019 – Someone who turns their back on their \u2018idol\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar: \u8def\u4eba\u8f6c\u7c89<\/a> (l\u00f9 r\u00e9n zhu\u01cen f\u011bn) \u2018Passerby turned fan\u2019, \u9ed1\u8f6c\u7c89<\/a> (h\u0113i zhu\u01cen f\u011bn) \u2018Black turned fan\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following commonly used chengyu now use English words with a similar pronunciation to replace the Chinese characters, whilst retaining the original meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u65e0fuck\u53ef\u8bf4 (w\u00fa fuck k\u011b shu\u014d) = \u65e0\u8bdd\u53ef\u8bf4<\/a> (w\u00fa hu\u00e0 k\u011b shu\u014d): I have nothing to say (speechless)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book\u601d\u8bae (Book s\u012b y\u00ec) = \u4e0d\u53ef\u601d\u8bae<\/a> (b\u00f9 k\u011b s\u012b y\u00ec): Inconceivable<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u575a\u6301\u4e0dshit (ji\u0101n ch\u00ed b\u00fa shit) = \u575a\u6301\u4e0d\u61c8<\/a> (ji\u0101n ch\u00ed b\u00fa xi\u00e8): To persevere<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liar\u5229\u9f7f (liar l\u00ec ch\u01d0) = \u4f36\u7259\u4fd0\u9f7f<\/a> (l\u00edng y\u00e1 l\u00ec ch\u01d0): Eloquent, to have the gift of the gab<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5fc3\u5982dog (x\u012bn r\u00fa dog) = \u5fc3\u5982\u5200\u5272<\/a> (x\u012bn r\u00fa d\u0101o g\u0113): Broken-hearted<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u641e\u4e8b\u60c5<\/a> (g\u01ceo sh\u00ec q\u00edng) To ask for trouble<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6ca1\u6bdb\u75c5<\/a> (m\u00e9i m\u00e1o b\u00ecng) No problem<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u4ec0\u4e48\u9b3c<\/a> (sh\u00e9n me gu\u01d0) What?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u563f\u563f\u563f<\/a> (h\u0113i h\u0113i h\u0113i) \/ \u556a\u556a\u556a<\/a> (p\u0101 p\u0101 p\u0101) To have sex<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u64a9\u59b9<\/a> (li\u00e1o m\u00e8i) To chase a girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u64a9\u6c49<\/a> (li\u00e1o h\u00e0n) To chase a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u989c\u503c<\/a> (y\u00e1n zh\u00ed) – \u2018face score\u2019 – To give someone\u2019s face a score, for example \u9ad8\u989c\u503c is beautiful or \u2018high scoring face\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u989c\u63a7<\/a> (y\u00e1n k\u00f2ng) – fan of a high scoring face<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u603c<\/a> (du\u00ec) To attack, hit, poke, fuck<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6002<\/a> (s\u01d2ng) Cowardly, useless<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u6d6a<\/a> (l\u00e0ng) to go and play<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u8001\u53f8\u673a<\/a> (l\u01ceo s\u012b j\u012b) \u2018Old driver\u2019 – Someone who has lots of porn resources and knowledge of sex. Originally meant \u2018master\u2019 of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5f00\u8f66<\/a> (k\u0101i ch\u0113) \u2018To drive\u2019 – A person who makes sexual innuendo and shares porn sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7ffb\u8f66<\/a> (f\u0101n ch\u0113) \u2018Car turned over\u2019 – Porn site has been deleted<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u840c\u65b0<\/a> (m\u00e9ng x\u012bn) \u2018cute newbie\u2019 – a newcomer (commonly used in games)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7a33<\/a> (w\u011bn) \u2019stable\u2019 – Used to tell others to be stable while game playing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5f00\u9ed1<\/a> (k\u0101i h\u0113i) Get a group together to play games (in-game)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u81a8\u80c0<\/a> (p\u00e9ng zh\u00e0ng) \u2018To be selfish\u2019 – A person who jumps into a game too quickly and aggressively, often resulting in a quick death<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more internet slang in our article on Chinese Internet Slang<\/a> and if you’re interested in learning about computer vocabulary, check our Stop being a Noob and Learn Computer Words in Chinese<\/a> vocabulary list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese Mobile Users<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Games and Consoles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Basic Internet Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Chinese Social Media Slang Terms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chinese Internet User Names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Simple Chinese Internet Slang<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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