Blog Tag - slang

Mandarin Monday: Those Beijing Characters That Are on Your Tongue But Can't Write Down
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. Among...
 Mandarin Monday: Taking Homonyms to the Next Level
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. It's...
10 Alternative Ways to Say I Love You in Chinese
Bored with saying the usual 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ)? This Valentine's Day, really surprise your lover with these alternative ways of expressing your heart-...
Chew On This: A Few Tasty Morsels of Food-Related Mandarin Slang
As part of the Beijinger’s daily Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we're bringing you some handy tips and tricks to make...
Are They Scooters? No, They Are Electric Mules.
Mules are often used in Chinese as a generic reference to vehicles. An "iron mule," for example, does not mean a miniature mule made of iron, but...
Names of animals are used in languages throughout the world to conjure impressions of personality and mean other, usually derogatory, things. This is...
Too 250 to Know Your 38?: 10 Examples of Numerical Chinese Slang
Being called a “thirty-eight” doesn’t mean the person thinks you look like a thirty eight year old; it means he or she thinks you, as they'd say in...
The 25 (or so) Words You Should Never Use On the Chinese Internet
A new, more family-friendly Internet is on its way to you here in China thanks to a more open, friendlier group of Internet cops, new regulations...
Weibo Roundup for the Year of Rabbit
Don’t know Chinese? Don’t have Weibo? Feel like you're missing out on China’s popular phrases and funny photos? Don’t panic, we’ve got you covered...