{"id":183342,"date":"2015-06-22T23:18:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T03:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/chinese-internet-slang\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T05:00:21","slug":"chinese-internet-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/chinese-internet-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Internet Slang: 38 Words to Get You Chatting Online Like a Native"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it may seem confusing at first, Chinese internet slang can be very rewarding to learn and opens up a whole new sphere of communication with fellow Chinese internet users.<\/p>\n

And it isn\u2019t that hard to learn. Here are 38 Chinese internet slang words to get you started.<\/p>\n

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Chinese Alphanumeric Slang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Chinese<\/th>Pinyin<\/th>English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
7451 ( \u6c14\u6b7b\u6211\u4e86) <\/a>\n <\/b><\/td>q\u00ec s\u01d0 w\u01d2 le<\/i><\/td>I am very angry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88 ( \u53ed\u53ed <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>b\u0101 b\u0101<\/i><\/td>Bye bye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
995 ( \u6551\u6551\u6211 <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>ji\u00f9 ji\u00f9 w\u01d2<\/i><\/td>Help me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
520 ( \u4e94\u4e8c\u96f6 <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>w\u01d4 \u00e8r l\u00edng<\/i><\/td>I love you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NB ( \u725b\u903c <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>ni\u00fa b\u012ba<\/i><\/td>Cool, awesome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
423 ( \u56db\u4e8c\u4e09 <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>s\u00ec \u00e8r s\u0101n<\/i><\/td>I miss you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
555 ( \u4e94\u4e94\u4e94 <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>w\u01d4 w\u01d4 w\u01d4<\/i><\/td>The sound of crying<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94 ( \u4e5d\u56db <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>ji\u01d4 s\u00ec<\/i><\/td>Represents \u5c31\u662f (ji\u00f9 sh\u00ec), which means \"so\" or \"just like\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
666 ( \u516d\u516d\u516d <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>li\u00f9 li\u00f9 li\u00f9<\/i><\/td>Excellent, great<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
748 ( \u4e03\u56db\u516b <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>q\u012b s\u00ec b\u0101<\/i><\/td>Go die, go to hell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87 ( \u516b\u4e03 <\/a>\n )<\/b><\/td>b\u0101 q\u012b<\/i><\/td>Bitchy, idiot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Probably the most common form of Chinese internet slang, and indeed the most confusing at first glance, is “alphanumeric” slang.<\/strong>\u00a0This form of slang<\/a> replaces Chinese characters or words with Roman capital letters or numbers and requires an advanced level of Chinese language skills.<\/p>\n

The primary purpose behind this kind of slang is to reduce the number of keystrokes needed to build a word.<\/p>\n

For the capital letter acronyms, each letter corresponds to the first letter of a pinyin <\/i>syllable. Numbers are used for words whose pinyin<\/i> sounds somewhat similar to the character the number represents.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of this slang in sentences:<\/p>\n

\u6211\u5fc5\u987b\u7761\u89c9\uff0188\uff01<\/strong>
\n(w\u01d2 b\u00ec x\u016b shu\u00ec ji\u00e0o! 88!)
\n<\/em>I have to sleep! Bye-bye!<\/p>\n

995\uff01\u6211\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u600e\u4e48\u505a\uff01<\/strong>
\n(995! w\u01d2 b\u00f9 zh\u012b d\u00e0o z\u011bn me zu\u00f2)
\n<\/em>Help me! I don\u2019t know what to do!<\/p>\n

\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u4f60\u771f\u53ef\u7231 – 520\uff01<\/strong>
\n(w\u01d2 ju\u00e9 de n\u01d0 zh\u0113n k\u011b \u00e0i – 520!)
\n<\/em>I think you are really cute – I love you!<\/p>\n

The best way to practice and identify this slang type is to see it used in authentic Chinese situations. For that I recommend FluentU<\/a>.

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