Chinese Internet Slang: Free PDF and Flashcards

Chinese internet slang isn’t just cute emojis and scattered letters – it’s the secret code that unlocks real conversations on WeChat, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu. This list of about 100 terms cuts through the noise and gives you the expressions people actually type, not the stiff textbook lines that make you sound like a robot. We’ve paired every slang term with a straightforward meaning and a natural example sentence, so you can see exactly how it fits into a chat.

Internet slang moves fast, and Chinese Internet Slang is no exception—blink and you might miss the joke. Scroll to the bottom of the article to grab the free printable Chinese Internet Slang vocabulary list PDF and the free downloadable printable Chinese Internet Slang flashcards.

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Term	Meaning	Example
AWSL	啊我死了
crush	crush
emo	emo
ins	Instagram
U盤	USB隨身碟
xx年/00後	直接講年份/幾年級或o世代
YYDS	永遠的神、令人崇拜、永遠單身
一次性	免洗、拋棄式
一陣風	三分鐘熱度
一風吹	一筆勾銷
丁克夫妻	頂克族
三文魚	salmon
三觀	價值觀
上头	addictive, emotionally hooking	这首歌太上头了。
上學	go to school
上岸	上榜
上座率	票房紀錄
上頭	有feel（fu）/有感
下午好	good afternoon
下头	turn-off, vibe killer	他那句玩笑真的很下头。
下崗	失業
下頭	很解
不科學	不合理、違反原理、不直覺
不靠谱	unreliable	他答应得快，但有点不靠谱。
丟失	遺失

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