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Hot on Weibo: Top 10 Chinese Pet Phrases

Hot on Weibo: Top 10 Chinese Pet Phrases

By on March 15, 2012 in Chinese Slang 101, Chinese Vocab 101

Want to know the most used Chinese phrases? It’s your lucky week - the hot topic on Weibo is “What’s your pet phrase?” (#你的口头禅是什么?#) 你(nǐ): you 口头禅(kǒu tóu chán): pet phrase 是(shì): to be 什么(shén me): what The top 10 Chinese pet phrases in all their glory, based on official stats: 10. 没意思(méi yì si): boring. Eg.: “how was [...]

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Chinese Slang 101: “Color Wolf”

Chinese Slang 101: “Color Wolf”

By on February 10, 2012 in Chinese Slang 101

Have you ever been approached at a club by someone who seemed like a womanizer? There’s Chinese slang for that! The phrase 色狼 (sèláng) literally translates as “color wolf”. This has no real meaning in English but most closely means “womanizer” or “sex maniac”. There is also a female version of this – 色女 (sènǚ), [...]

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Chinese Slang 101: Chinese geeks and nerds – 宅男

Chinese Slang 101: Chinese geeks and nerds – 宅男

By on October 12, 2011 in Beginner Chinese, Chinese Slang 101

Did you know there are more Chinese internet users than there are Americans? You can bet that many of them are 宅男 (zháinán). 宅男 (zháinán) is slang for a male geek or nerd, and it literally means “house male.”  宅女 (zháinǚ) means a female geek or nerd. In terms of tone, it’s more or less the same [...]

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