| Phrases | PinYin | Explanation | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Èr bǎi wǔ | (二百五) Phonetic alias for silly/stupid | Abbreviation |
| 38 | sān bā | (三八) Same as (吃瓜) means someone who gossip a lot | Abbreviation |
| 3P | sān P | Short form for having a threesome | Abbreviation |
| 520 | wǔ èr líng | Sounds like: "i love you" | Abbreviation |
| 555 | wǔ wǔ wǔ | (呜呜呜) Means crying, used as an emotional response | Abbreviation |
| 666 | liù liù liù | (溜溜溜) Is a gamer slang for cool/awesome/nice | Abbreviation |
| 7451 | qī sì wǔ liù | (气死我了) i am angry | Abbreviation |
| 748 | qù sǐ ba | (去死吧) For "go to die" or 'go to hell' sometimes "get lost" | Abbreviation |
| 87 | bā qī | Phonetic for bitch, sometimes idiot | Abbreviation |
| 88 | bā bā | means good bye, since it sounds similar to english | Abbreviation |
| 955 | jiǔ wǔ wǔ | Refers to a classic 09:00 to 17:00 job | Abbreviation |
| 996 | jiǔ jiǔ liù | Refers to a extrem working model of some internet startups, working from 09:00 to 21:00 6 days a week. Used in combinations with the phrase: 996ICU (working like this lands you in the emergency room) |
Abbreviation |
| A片 | A piān | Adult video/film, pornographic video | Slang |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | Literally: add gasoline, used as an encouragement like "you can do it!" | Slang |
| 卷 | juǎn | To overwork or hustle too hard | Slang |
| 变态 (BT) | biàn tài | Perverted, deviant, abnormal. | Slang |
| 吃土 | chī tǔ | Literally: Eating dirt, used to express someone is totally broke | Slang |
| 吃瓜 | chī guā | Literally: Eating melon, means to gossip | Slang |
| 吃货 | chī huò | A glutton, someone who eats a lot, especially if that is all they can do, eat and nothing else, a good for nothing |
Regular |
| 哈哈哈 | hā hā hā | Phonetic alias for laughter as the character is very simmilar | Abbreviation |
| 城管 | chéng guǎn | City management or administrators tasked with enforcing municipal laws, regulations, codes, etc. They have a very poor reputation amongst Chinese people as being corrupt and violent brutes, best known for often physically bullying illegal street vendors, hawkers, and peddlers |
Regular |
| 处女 (CN) | chǔ nǚ | Virgin girl. For boys, it is 处男, chǔnán | Slang |
| 屌丝 | diào sī | Roughly “loser” or maybe “douchebag” when used negatively but often is used humorously. First used as insult, later used as self description of someone who is proud of ones life and accepted the fact to no be extraordinary |
Slang |
| 我懒得 | wǒ lǎn dé | Means "i can’t be bothered" or "i don't care" | Slang |
| 打酱油 | dǎ jiàng yóu | Literally: buy soy sauce, a random by passer was interviewed by ecstatic Olympia reporters in 2008 and replied "I just bought some soy sauce" while walking away. Used as "i don't give a shit" |
Slang |
| 撩 | liāo | Slang for "flirting" | Slang |
| 操你妈的屄 | cào nǐ mā de bī | Fuck your mother’s/mom’s cunt. Very heavy swear word, usually the last thing before a fight starts | Swearing |
| 杯具 | bēi jù | "Cups" or "cupware" is a pun for "tragedy". | Slang |
| 查水表 | chá shuǐ biǎo | Literally "to check the water meter". Often used in responses to posts or comments that may be considered subversive or "inharmonious" by the government |
Slang |
| 标题党 | biāo tí dǎng | Refers to misleading article headlines or post titles. | Slang |
| 棒子 | bàng zi | An ethnic slur for Korean people. Literally means "club" or "stick". | Slang |
| 河蟹 | hé xiè | Literally: River crab, but it sounds like harmony and refers to internet filters, or the act that something wars removed "harmonized" |
Slang |
| 版主 (BZ) | bǎn zhǔ | Moderator of an internet discussion forum. | Slang |
| 牛逼 | niú bī | The word for a cows vagina, used as a compliment that someone is outstandingly awesome. Street slang like in: "Fucking awesome" |
Slang |
| 玻璃 | bō li | On the Chinese internet, "glass" is sometimes slang for "male homosexual" because it is a variant of "BL" which means "boys love". |
Slang |
| 白富美 | bái fù měi | White, rich, and beautiful. A popular internet meme referring to the ideal girlfriend or wife in contemporary Chinese society |
Slang |
| 矮丑穷 | ǎi chǒu qióng | Short, ugly, and poor. A popular internet meme referring to the non-ideal boyfriend or husband | Slang |
| 碉堡了 | diāo bǎo le | To be amazed, stunned, shocked, surprised, frightened. | Abbreviation |
| 草泥马 | cǎo ní mǎ | Literally: Grass-mud horse, it sounds like "fuck your mother" and is used as a fun alias for that to bypass some swearing filters |
Swearing |
| 菜鸟 | cài niǎo | Newbie, n00b, beginner, novice, rookie. Often used in gaming | Swearing |
| 蛋疼 | dàn téng | Ball ache. Testicle ache. Usually refers to doing something extremely unreasonable or ridiculous out of boredom or having nothing better to do. |
Slang |
| 被自杀 | bèi zì shā | Literally "to be suicided", referring to a death that has been ruled a suicide to cover up a murder. | Slang |
| 鄙视 (BS) | bǐ shì | Although this is sometimes BS like the English "bullshit", usually it is used to mean "despise". | Slang |