追客 (zhui1 ke4)
follower
The term refers to people who regularly refresh Web pages to follow the latest updates of online fiction serials, TV series, bloggers or podcasts. They will often feel upset over the delay or suspension of the updates.

隐形狗 (yin3 xing2 gou3)
invisible dog toy
The kuso toy, a specially designed rope invented in the 1970s, has recently come back into vogue. Many New Yorkers enjoy holding the rope, walking the non-existing dog and even pretending to tidy up the non-existing dog's poo.

群体无聊(qun2 ti3 wu2 liao2)
group boredom
The term turned into a catchphrase on the Internet. It reflected in a way the cyber culture in which young people kill their time in virtual worlds after being bored by other traditional entertainments, such as TV, radio and reading books.

走鬼(zou3 gui3)
unlicensed vendors
The Chinese term originates from Hong Kong, and literally means "walking ghosts." It refers to unlicensed street vendors who meander about to flee punishment by authorities.

刷书客 (shua1 shu1 ke4)
book scanner
The term refers to people who record extracts from a book, either in a bookstore or a library, with an electronic mini scanner without any intention to buy the book.

回流 (hui2 liu2)
backflow
The term refers to a phenomenon where many Chinese abandon their jobs and homes abroad to return to work in China at a stable job, especially in the current global financial crisis.

范儿 (fan4 er)
style
The Chinese term, popular mainly in northern China, refers to one's style --from dressing to general behavior.

跳价 (tiao4 jia4)
price hike
At first glance, the Chinese term is a bit ambiguous as it could suggest either a price hike or a price drop. But actually it means only a price hike.

窝案 (wo1 an4)
group crime
The Chinese term literally means a crime committed by a "nest" of people. It often refers to a felony such as bribe taking by a group of accomplices.

爱老虎油 (ai4 lao3 hu3 you2)
I love you
The Chinese word which literally means “love tiger oil” is pronounced similarly to “I love you” in English. The saying comes from a Hong Kong kung fu movie in which the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) heroine is tricked by a Western-educated lover to say the words.

动L (dong4 L)
alive
The term is prevalent throughout the Internet due to shampoo ads featuring Jackie Chan. He used it to indicate fine hair quality that is flexible and lively. Now it is widely used by Netizens to indicate alive and kicking.

肩客 (jian1 ke4)
johnkers
It is a new type of online community sales platform that links registered members only on the Internet with johnkers, or sales agents, taking commission. The sellers are mostly moonlighting office workers offering a variety of services. However, as the platform has been blamed for many fraud cases, it hasn’t been widely accepted in China.

拖尾巴 (tuo1 wei3 ba1)
spill-back
It refers to the partial or full blockage of a road crossing by cars that don’t make it through the traffic lights before they turn red. Police in Shanghai, where traffic jams are common, have started to prevent or solve such congestion.

空怒 (kong1 nu4)
air rage
Disruptive behavior on British passenger aircraft rose 30 percent last year, with alcohol playing a significant part in what the media has dubbed as “air rage.” The most common age group involved was 30-39 and incidents spanned from attacks on crew to in-flight smoking.

喵喵族 (miao1 miao1 zu2)
stray-cat caretakers
Some urban residents in big Chinese cities will offer food, whatever it is, to stray cats whenever and wherever they come across one.

魅领 (mei4 ling3)
charming white-collars
It is a newly coined expression to describe young elites in every walk of life, especially white collars, who are generally deemed to be charming in the sense of career, wealth, health and romance.

情流感 (qing2 liu2 gan3)
virulent love
The Chinese term has the same pronunciation as that of "bird flu" but with a new twist of meaning. It literally means "love flu," referring to love affairs that come and go fast.

搞手族 (gao3 shou3 zu2)
online organizer clan
The term, derived from Cantonese, refers to people who issue Website posts to organize various get-togethers such as mountain climbing, pub crawling and karaoke. Participants usually prepay while the organizer takes a cut from either the Website or the venue provider after each get-together. The monthly return can be 1,000 yuan (US$146).

乙男 (yi3 nan2)
otomen, pinky boy
The Japanese manga “Otomen” and its namesake TV drama features a boy with a secret: the things he really loves are cute dolls, cooking and sewing. The word “otomen” is a pun made of the Japanese word otome, meaning young girl, and the English word "men."

杯具 (bei1 ju4)
tragedy
The word, literally meaning cups in Chinese, is a homophone of the word "tragedy" in Chinese and is widely spreading among Netizens as an exaggerated and humorous expression. The word 餐具, literally meaning tableware, is another choice. 

钓鱼执法(diao4 yu2 zhi2 fa3)
entrapment
Entrapment is the act of a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an illegal activity that they would not normally have done.

瘦骨仙 (shou4 gu3 xian1)
bony beauty
For many years, those bony models have been elevated in the fashion circle to the status of an immortal. But as people pay more and more attention to health, the look has gradually lost its appeal.

娃娃装 (wa2 wa2 zhuang1)
baby-doll dress
It refers to the kind of women's wear that features clothing with puffed sleeves, or a sometimes sleeveless, pull-on design and attractive, square neck.
 
寂寞党 (ji4 mo4 dang3)
lonely clan
Some Netizens have taken to the catchphrase that, "What I do is not whatever it is, it is loneliness."These people are nicknamed 寂寞党.

海鸥经理 (hai3 ou1 jing1 li3)
seagull manager
The term is used to describe a management style of interacting with employees only when a problem arises, making hasty decisions about things they have little understanding of, then leaving others to deal with the mess they leave behind.

上帝视角 (shang4 di4 shi4 jiao3)
God’s eye view
In writing, this subject-object problem means an author leaves the point of view of the main actor to start writing about things the characters could not know if the story were in real life. Readers joke that only God can acknowledge all that happens.

素颜 (su4 yan2)
plain face
The term refers to people’s faces without makeup. People like to publish “plain face” pictures of famous people, especially pop stars, online to compare with their “polished” faces. It can also refer to natural scenery without any human decoration.

通勤装 (tong1 qin2 zhuang1)
office outfit
It refers to clothing that is fit for office hours and formal business gatherings.

吸烟装 (xi1 yan1 zhuang1)
tuxedo/smoking jacket
The manly attire that gained popularity in the 1960s has taken a feminine twist and has found its way into women’s wardrobes.

男人婆 (nan2 ren2 po2)
macho woman
It refers to a woman who is preoccupied with the will to gain the upper hand over men, besides her resemblance to a man in behavior.

艳遇 (yan4 yu4)
romantic encounter
When two lonely hearts strike up a relationship after an accidental encounter, it falls into this category. The expression denotes a short-lived affair between a man and a woman who were strangers before they met.

务虚会议 (wu4 xu1 hui4 yi4)
theory-discussing meeting
A typical Chinese style of conference in which participants discuss principles and guidelines for the coming year or events.

氧气美女 (yang3 qi4 mei3 nv3)
jade complexion beauty
The skin of some young women looks like smooth jade and is elastic as if the skin is well nursed in oxygen. The expression literally means “oxygen beauty.”