The Chinese interent is a very colourful place with it’s own code of conduct (or lack of it) and slang, it not only is a freer place for Chinese citizens to express their opinions, but also started in many cases to set the political agenda in the country. If you want to understand China’s 80后, 80Hòu (people born after 1980) generation QQ, RenRenWang, Weibo etc. are the best place to start. Below the most popular chat slang phrases being used at the moment.

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<strong>2012</strong>

<strong>hold住,</strong> hold Zhù (dont give up)<a href="http://ltlcdn1.ltl.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/internet-picture1.jpg" rel="gallery"><img class="alignright" title="Chinese Internet" src="http://ltlcdn1.ltl.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/internet-picture1-300x178.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="178" /></a>

Example: 汉字你能学好, hold住. Hànzì nǐ néng xuéhǎo, hold zhù. (You can learn Chinese characters, don’t give up.)

<strong>坑爹</strong> , Kēng diē (terrible)

Example: 我的钱包被偷了,太坑爹了. Wǒ de qiánbāo bèi tōule, tài kēng diēle (My wallet was stolen, how terrible).

<strong>亲</strong>, Qīn (dear friend)

Example: 亲，早上好. Qīn, zǎoshang hǎo qīn. (Good morning my friend.)

<strong>给力/不给力</strong>, Gěi lì/bù gěi lì (extraordinary performance/very poor performance)

Example: 北京国安足球队赢了巴塞罗那, 太给力了. Běijīng guó’ān zúqiú duì yíngle basèluōnà, tài gěi lìle (For the Beijing Guo An Football Team to beat Barcelona is an extraordinary performance). There is a Singlish version of this on the internet around as well: “Ungeileavable”

<strong>神马都是浮云 , </strong>Shén mǎ dōu shì fúyún (isn’t worth it, kind of “you can’t take it with you when you die anyways).

Example: A: 我和男朋友分手了 B:没关系,神马都是浮云. A: Wǒ hénán péngyǒu fēnshǒule B: Méiguānxì, shén mǎ dōu shì fúyún shén mǎ dōu shì fúyún (A: My boyfriend broke up with me B: Don’t worry he isn’t worth it)