The Chinese characters in this picture read, “Life is a kind of irresistible advancement.” (Picture by Wang Maomao)
This blog translates the most viral Chinese jokes and quips on China’s Internet.
As Chinese Internet slang terms often appear in the punchline, the goal of this blog is to compile a Chinese-English online dictionary of Chinese Internet slang. A Chinese Internet slang term refers to a Chinese slang term that first went viral on China’s Internet and then gradually made its way into everyday conversation.
When a post includes an Internet slang term, I use the Chinese character(s) and Pinyin (with tone marks) of the slang term as the post title. In the post, I explain the slang term in English and exemplify its usage(s) with a joke, quip, picture, or video. I hope you enjoy the Chinese humor and learn some cool slang!
I found this site through China Smack. Your articles are great, and I know many people who’d enjoy it. My question — you mentioned that you could use this as a tool to learn Chinese. However, I don’t see links to the original Chinese articles. Any way you could include those?
Many thanks.
Jon