China Field Guide

Weibo’s Online Slang: 10 Chinese ‘Tribes’ & ‘Clans’ to Know

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8 years ago

December 1, 2018

Online slang has been an important part of Chinese online culture ever since the first message boards were launched, and is ubiquitous and ever-changing on popular social media platforms such as Weibo or Wechat.

A major part of this online slang culture is the categorization of people into ‘tribes’ or ‘clans’ (族); classifying those (urban) young Chinese people who share certain traits.

Although many of these terms are often ironic and generalized, to a…

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1 Comment

Jose

December 2, 2018 at 6:12 pm

What an interesting article! Well, in fact as interesting as every other article published here.

Very useful, both to know details about what’s going on in China’s society and in its internet, and to learn some (modern) Chinese.

Thanks a lot!!

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