吊档裤 (diao4dang3ku3)
sagging pants
Sagging pants, a style that became popular in the early 1990s through hip-hop artists, are deemed a criminal offense in a growing number of communities in the United States. The trend began in US prisons, where oversized uniforms were issued without belts to prevent suicide. The style later spread through rappers and music videos.

僵尸电脑（jiang1shi1 dian4nao3）
zombie computer
The term refers to a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by hackers, a computer virus or a Trojan horse. Such computers are usually used by hackers to send out massive useless information to targeted Websites.

荷兰式拍卖(he2lan2shi4 pai1mai4)
Dutch auction
A Dutch auction, also known as a descending price auction, uses a bidding process to find an optimal market price for stock, the lowest price at which an issuing company can sell all the available shares. An alternative to the traditional negotiated pricing process used by underwriters to set IPO prices, it was most recently employed by Google and is used for US Treasury auctions. Named after the famous auctions of Dutch tulip bulbs in the 17th century, it is based on a pricing system devised by Nobel Prize-winning economist William Vickrey.

熄灯秀 (xi1deng1xiu4)
no-light show
This refers to Beijing, Shanghai and many other cities in China which have launched a campaign to turn off neon lights and street lights at night to save energy. These cities used to light up the streets all night long in the false belief that it gave cities a modern image.

玩商 (wan2shang1)
PQ, play quotient
A play on the term IQ, PQ means the ability of a kid to learn through play. Chinese children have been so burdened with homework that they suffer a very low PQ.

追风车 (zhui1feng1che1)
typhoon-tracing vehicle
Shanghai has sent a vehicle with meteorological facilities to southeast China on two occasions these year to get the first-hand data on typhoons. The vehicle is kind of a mobile meteorological station.

职粉 (zhi2fen3)
professional fans
These are the professional organizer of fans for popular TV shows featuring singing contests. The organizers post articles in forums, release hot topics, and bid for the maximum votes from fans. They play a vital role in the operation of a fan group. In the hot talent shows "My Hero" and "Happy Boy" this summer, the fan groups appeared more professional with slogans and uniforms.

抱抱衫 (bao4bao4shan1)
hug shirt
A high-tech garment that can simulate the experience of being hugged by a loved one. Featuring a comfortable mix of smart textiles, cotton and micro-fiber, the shirt was named one of the best inventions by Time Magazine last year.

三手病 (san1shou3bing4)
electronics hand ailment
"Three-hand ailment," as this Chinese term translates literally, refers to the injuries caused to fingers and wrist after long time, monotonous movement in playing online games, using a mouse or typing short messages on cell phone. The phrase "three hands" is now used to describe anyone who spends too much time on online games, with a mouse or cell phones.

暖巢管家 (nuan3chao2 guan3jia1)
empty-nest servant
A servant offering home services to older citizens whose children have moved out. Empty nest is a term commonly used for families where the children have grown up and moved away, leaving behind their aging parents.

独二代 (du2'er4dai4)
the second-generation only child
Those born to families following China's "one couple, one child" policy are called the only children, hence the only-child generation. Now their "only children" are forming a new generation in the country.

干物女 (gan1wu4nu3)
himono onna
The increasingly popular term originates from a Japanese manga "Hotaru No Hikari," describing women who show great ability in their daily business but actually live a dull and lonely life after work. They don't have boyfriends and miss out on romance even when they are in their twenties. "Himono" means a dried fish and "onna" is woman in Japanese.

诺亚规则 (nuo4ya4 gui1ze2)
Noah Principle
It refers to the theory that the world should join hands in reining in the trend of global warming before it is too late.

涨板敢死队 (zhang3ting2ban3 gan3si3dui4)
upper-limit investors
Some domestic stocks investors speculate in markets by snapping up all available shares of a price-growing stock in a day to drive its price to the 10-percent daily cap. They earn profits by selling all of these stocks at a higher price the next trading day as other investors have been attracted by its strong performance in the previous day and want to buy it.

马路乞讨 (ma3lu4 qi3tao3)
car panning
This term refers to the phenomenon of panhandling among cars stopped at a red light. Many large cities around the country have launched campaigns to stop the dangerous behavior.

求学房 (qiu2xue2fang2)
elite school housing
In China, many parents buy houses in the neighborhood of elite schools purely for the purpose of guaranteeing a better education for their children. According to the existing rules in many cities, primary and middle schools are allowed to only enroll students living in their neighborhoods. 

冻容 (dong4rong2)
freeze one’s youth
This Chinese term refers to the phenomenon of some beauty-conscious young women in their early 20s who use anti-aging tonics and exercise in an attempt to keep their youthful looks for as long as possible.  

学术超男 (xue2shu4chao1nan2)
academic superstar
This refers to those academics who have gained popularity among the general public after making television appearances and being entertaining and informative on a range of subjects, especially ancient Chinese history and philosophy.   

灰色技能 (hui1se4ji4neng2)
social skills
The “grey skills,” as this Chinese term translates literally, actually refers to social skills like drinking, dancing and playing cards or mahjong. Nowadays, some companies require that their employees have these “grey skills” as well as the basic skills they need for their jobs. 

慢活族 (man4huo2zu2)
the slow clan
These people like to slow down life’s pace. They enjoy eating food and reading news slowly and also they would rather choose a book slowly in a book store than buy it from Amazon. Psychologists call such behavior “finding your inner tortoise.” 

忍者贷款 (ren3zhe3dai4kuan3)
Ninja loan
This term means a loan or mortgage given to a person who has “no income, no job, and no assets.” 

捂盘惜售 (wu3pan2xi1shou4)
property hoarding
It refers to the speculative practise when developers hold back the sale of a new property project in the hope of reaping fatter profits in the future. 

节日腐败 (jie2ri4fu3bai4)
holiday corruption
Public holidays are often thought by corrupt officials as a good time to attend extravagant banquets, take presents from their “friends” and accept invitations for free overseas trips. There is more bribery in the vacations than any other time of the year. 

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香菇女 (xiang1gu1nu3)
popular single woman
It refers to those young, well-educated women who have a well-paying job but are still single because they find it hard to locate their Mr Right though they are popular with single men. Xianggu is a kind of mushroom, but in this expression, it is a word play: the first word means “fragrant” or “popular” and the second is pronounced the same as “single” or “lonely” in Chinese.  

蹭饭族 (ceng4fan4zu2)
cheaper-meal hunter
The expression refers to young office workers who pretend to be a student of a nearby college and make a point of eating in a canteen of the school where cheaper food than other places is available. 

月老 (yue4lao3)
moonlite-NEET 
The expression is coined by mixing moonlite, or yueguangzu, meaning youngsters who always spend all their earnings by payday, and NEET, or kenlaozu, meaning youths who live off their parents. This clan will turn to their parents after spending all of their earnings. In Chinese, the expression originally means the god who helps bring a couple to wedlock. 

公司驻虫 (gong1si1zhu4chong2)
resident office worker
It refers to office workers, especially in the fields of IT, art design and media, between the ages of 25 and 45 who work, eat, entertain, exercise, and even live, in their offices or nearby facilities. This is either because they are too busy to return home after work or because they want to save on living cost as a young career starter with too many things, such as an apartment or car, to buy.

飞鱼族 (fei1yu2zu2)
flying-fish clan
This term, deriving from the title of a novel “Poissons Volants sur Paris,” refers to those Chinese who give up their well-established careers in their home country and go overseas to study in elite foreign universities. 

午漂族 (wu3piao1zu2)
lunch-break drifters
Many office workers have an hour break at noon. Since it is too long for lunch but too short for napping, they often wander on streets or in office buildings seeking the right places to kill the time.  

睡眠卡 (shui4mian2ka3)
inactive bank card
Holding more than one bank card, many people, especially those having bad memories, are not able to handle all of them, which causes their cards to “hibernate” for years and increases banks expenses on managing the idle cards.