养牛族 (yang3niu2zu2)
jeans lover
In Chinese, jeans can be translated literally as 揷attle boy抯 pants.?So, jeans collectors are now called yangniuzu or 揷attle breeders.?To get a unique color and style, they seldom wash their jeans and try to wear their pants as long as possible. In their words, they use their body to 搑aise?a special pair of jeans.

白色污染 (bai2se4wu1ran3)
white pollution
This term refers to pollution caused by litter of used plastic bags, polystyrene cups, food containers and paper.

超级飚涨 (chao1ji2biao1zhang4)
super spike
It means the unprecedented and extremely rapid rise in the price of a commodity, such as the skyrocketing price increase in oil in the past few months.

高楼掷物、致命垃圾 (gao1lou2zhi4wu4, zhi4ming4la1ji1)
killer litter
The term refers to garbage dropped from high buildings. In a mega-city like Shanghai, which is crowded with highrises, killer litter remains a protracted headache.

孤老 (gu1lao3)
elder orphan
This Chinese term means literately the “lone elder.” It refers to an elderly person who has no family or can’t obtain any support from his/her family. In China, it also indicates that the elderly person has no pension and is incapable of making a living. This is not a new phenomenon, but the number of them has been increasing quickly as our society ages.

树洞贴  (shu4dong4tie1)
tree hole post
It is said that in the past, people tended to dig a small hole in a tree, hide their secret in it and then seal it with mud so no one else would know it. Today, in the virtual world of cyberspace, many love to post their secrets on the Internet anonymously. It makes them feel just like hiding their secrets in tree holes. Some may also find it stimulating to see others’ response to their secrets.

散养 (san4yang3)
course-free vacation, relaxing vacation
This Chinese phrase originally means “free range” or raising animals in a free roaming manner. Now the term is used to describe a vacation for a child who is not forced to take any extracurricular courses or art lessons either by their teachers or parents.

裸体做官 (luo3ti3zuo4guan1)
corrupt officials ready to flee
The word, which literally means “naked corrupt official” in Chinese, refers to officials who have managed to move all their family members to foreign countries so that they can flee immediately if their crimes are uncovered.

便利贴女孩 (bian4li4tie1 nu3hai2)
post-it girl
It refers to those kind-hearted, usually plain-looking young women at a workplace who are always ready to help others and then almost immediately forgotten after the help. They are like the post-it notes people use and then throw away.

空头捐赠 (kong1tou2 juan1zeng4)
fictitious donation
Many companies and individuals have made generous donations to the victims of the magnitude 8 earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan Province on May 12. But some firms have failed to make good on their donation pledges.

裸捐 (luo3juan1)
all-out donation
The word, which literally means “naked donation,” appeared in the online world after the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, said he will donate all his property — worth a total of US$58 billion — to charity work after his retirement. So, if someone donates all of his or her assets to a cause, he/she is making a “naked donation.”

撞色 (zhuang4se4)
color clash
Some fashion fans are promoting the intentional match of clothing and accessories in colors that are normally considered to be a poor match because of too-drastic differences or too-similar bright or dark tones.

黄昏恋 (huang2hun1lian4)
sunset love, December heartbeat
While Chinese youths are traditionally compared to the rising sun, the elderly are associated with the setting sun. Hence, a romance involving two seniors is often called “huanghunlian,” which literally means “love at dusk.”

野鹅族 (ye3’e2zu2)
wild goose clan
To ensure their children learn “real” English, many parents in South Korea bring their children to English-speaking countries to study. Usually, the mother lives with and takes care of the child during the overseas study trip, the father stays behind earning money to support the family. They get together only during vacations.

以房养房 (yi3fang2 yang3fang2)
rent-for-mortgage scheme
Some people lease out their spare apartment and use the revenue to defray their monthly mortgage for another property.

油条 (you2tiao2)
flirtatious boy
The phrase, which means fried bread stick in Chinese, is popular among young people, especially those born after 1990, to refer to men who are always flirting with different women.

掌门驴　(zhang3men2lu2)
leading tour pal
People who organize travels usually as part of a group. They are the group members who play the role of leaders by organizing and guiding the others.

色驴　(se4lu2)
shutterbug tour pals
A portmanteau of Chinese names for shutterbugs and tour pals.

索女　(suo3nu3)
chic woman
An expression borrowed from Cantonese dialect referring to fashionably dressed but, more importantly, elegantly behaved women.

没品　(mei2pin2)
unethical person
Netizens use the colloquial expression to describe those who often act without following basic morals or honoring promises.

选择性失明(xuan3ze2xing4shi1ming2)
selective blindness
Frequently used to describe some Western media that deliberately turn a blind eye to the positives when reporting about China.

厕所户口 (ce4suo3hu4kou2)
public toilet registered as residence
In China, a registered permanent residence can determine which public school a child can go to. So their children can go to a good public school, some parents use the address of a public toilet near the chosen school for residence registration. By doing so, they don't have to actually move to there or purchase a home there, the prerequisite for registering a residence.

信誉刷手 (xin4yu3shua1shou3)
credit score booster
A derogatory term referring to posting positive comments online about each other抯 online shops in order to boost credit scores.

中国式奢侈 (zhong1guo2shi4she1chi3)
Chinese-style luxury
It refers mainly to many local government officials who spend beyond their fiscal means to build super luxury office buildings and buy expensive cars for official use.

暖春之旅 (nuan3chun1zhi1lu3)
warm spring trip
Refers to the recent visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan. Hu described his visit as a 搘arm spring trip?to indicate the efforts made by the two countries to enhance their bilateral relations.

贱女孩 (jian4nu4hai2)
low-taste girl
Specifically refers to the twin sisters in Beijing who have opened a blog to ridicule their teachers and rebel against accepted social ethics.

话题人物(hua4ti2re2nwu4)
most talked about person, target of gossip
A person who is talked about by the general public, usually due to media coverage.

救市(jiu4shi4)
to shore up the market
The Chinese government has introduced policies to stop continuous nosedives in the country's securities market.

老板键(lao3ban3jian4)
boss shortcut key
Used by Internet users to quickly hide or close software or Web pages they don't want the boss to know they are browsing at work.

小腹婆(xiao3fu4po2)
Ms Fat Belly
Similar in pronunciation to "Little Ms Rich" in Chinese, but describes ladies who have fat accumulated around their waist.

活人墓(huo2ren2mu4)
tomb for the living
Many rich people have built tombs for themselves or family members in a county in the Three Gorges Dam area. Building tombs for oneself or living family members has become a status symbol in some places in China.

手足口病(shou3zu2kou3bing4)
Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), enterovirus 71 (EV71)
Disease that has killed at least 24 children and infected more than 5,000 others in several provinces.

农业通胀 (nong2ye4tong1zhang4)
agflation
A blend of "agriculture and "inflation. It refers to the inflation driven predominantly by rising prices of agricultural products.

拒无霸(ju4wu2ba4)
hitting a wall in job search
Refers to job seekers who are repeatedly turned down by employers. The expression came from 巨无霸, which originally meant megatron transformer in Japanese cartoons and translates as jumbo.

直播(zhi2bo1)
online story, live broadcast
Online term referring to continuous postings by the original writer of a story or series of pictures.

破净(po4jin4)
below net asset value
Stocks that have their closing price fall below their net asset value amid the current sliding stock market.

零培训(ling2pei2xun4)
zero training
Unemployed people who have never received any professional training for a new job.

人肉搜索 (ren2rou4sou1suo3)
human search engine
Refers to Netizens using their human network to track down someone they have seen on the Internet.

数字原生代 (shu4zi4yuan2sheng1dai4)
digital native
Usually refers to people who grew up with computers, mobile phones and other digital devices. They are not necessarily defined by age — those not “born digital” can be just as connected as their younger counterparts.

倒卡族 (dao4ka3zu2)
coupon scalping clan
Those who make profits dealing in a variety of coupon-like cards.

透视装 (tou4shi4zhuang1)
see-through dress
A piece of see-through clothing, barely suitable for public view.

野猫罢工 (ye3mao1ba4gong1)
wildcat strike
Jargon in the human resources sector that refers to an unauthorized work stoppage while a labor contract is still in effect.

天使投资人 (tian1shi3tou4zi1ren4)
angel investor
An affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Angels have begun forming angel groups or angel networks to share research and pool investment capital.

黑嘴 (hei1zui3)
crooked stock analysts
Literarily meaning “black mouth,” it is used to describe some stock analysts who use smooth-tongued rhetoric to coax small investors into buying shares not worth buying.

彼得潘症候群 (bi3de2pan4zheng1hou2qun2)
Peter Pan Syndrome
Describes people who are just like Peter Pan, the character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (18601937). They are adults who refuse to grow up. Similar to kidults.

卡生活 (ka3sheng1huo4)
card addiction
White collars who can’t live without cards — from credit cards to membership cards to discount cards.

35岁现象 (san1shi4wu3sui4xian4xiang4)
35 phenomenon
The term describes a phenomenon of government officials at or below 35 years of age becoming susceptible to corruption. It used to be the 59 phenomenon, meaning an official becoming prone to corruption on the eve of his retirement.

指责风暴 (zhi3ze2feng1bao4)
blamestorming
This term borrows from “brainstorming”. It means a meeting to review a failed project and pin down the person responsible.

A货 (A huo4)
top-grade fakes
Quality matters even in the case of bogus goods. If a counterfeit can challenge the professional eye, it is a top-grade fake.

裸博(luo3bo2)
school-school PhD
PhD students who graduate with a diploma but no work experience because they have moved only from school to school are sometimes discriminated against by employers. 

八点女王(ba1dian3nu3wang2)
prime-hour soap star
An actress who helps ensure  high ratings for prime hour TV soap operas.

不雅照(bu4ya3zhao4)
indecent photo
Any picture that is sexually explicit or involves a wardrobe malfunction. It is used as an understatement for steamy pictures after the sex picture scandal in Hong Kong.

高楼(gao1lou2)
high-rise posting
Widely used online, it refers to topics that attract hundreds of postings. In online communities, one posting is regarded as one storey, so popular topics are like high-rise towers.

键盘爱国者(jian4pan2ai5guo2zhe3)
keyboard patriot
Netizens who express their patriotism in cyberspace but never really take action, such as millions of Internet users who added a red heart and“China” at the beginning of their names on MSN to express support for the Beijing Olympics and a love of their country.

CNN
China Negative News, distortion
The Cable News Network initials have become a negative term as many Chinese feel offended by the network’s biased coverage and one commentator’s recent remarks about Chinese people. “Don’t be too CNN” is commonly used to tell someone to stop lying or distorting the facts.

纠结(jiu1jie2)
frustrated
The term literally means “blend” in Chinese, but is now used by Internet users when they encounter difficulties.

御姐(yu4jie3)
tough woman
Originated from Japanese cartoons to describe dominant females of strong character.

穷忙族(qiong2mang2zu2)
working-poor clan
Urbanites who work in a frantically busy way, but barely earn more than enough to cover basic living costs.

食男族(shi2nan2zhe3)
man-killer
A beautiful woman who conquers many men's hearts with her undisputed charm.

反厌食条约(fan2yan4shi3tiao2yue1)
anti-anorexia charter
French fashion industry representatives recently signed a government-backed charter pledging not to encourage eating disorders and to promote healthy body images.

牙膏贴(ya2gao1tie1)
toothpaste postings
Refers to online postings which have an attractive start to a story but are updated at an extremely slow speed, just like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube.

永久性脑残(yong3jiu3xing4nao3can4)
PhD (permanent head damage)
Widely used in Chinese online BBS communities to tease someone who has done something considered out of line and crazy.

信骚扰(xin4sao1rao3)
spam message harassment
The pronunciation of the term is similar to "sexual harassment" in Chinese. However, it describes junk short messages or advertisements sent to mobile phone users.

麦芽糖女人(mai4ya2tang2nu3ren2)
malt sugar women
Refers to women who are always possessive and demand their boyfriends or husbands spend every minute with them, just like the sticky malt sugar.

肚腩肉(du4nan2rou4)
muffin top
A pejorative term used to describe a fat belly with flesh spilling over  low-hanging pants, like the soft top of a muffin.

公主帮(gong1zhu3bang1)
celebutante
A portmanteau of the words celebrity and debutante, referring to young, rich women in the news for their extravagant way of life.

雅阁女(ya3ge4nu3)
Accord lady
A woman who drives a Honda Accord and looks down upon anyone who drives a cheaper car. It first appeared on the Internet to describe someone who worships wealth.