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| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 很 红 | 很 紅 | tā hěn hóng | ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ | Very popular and famous |
| 爆红 | 爆紅 | bào hóng | ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ | Went viral |
| 大红人 | 大紅人 | dà hóng rén | ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ | Famous person of the moment literally "big red person" |
| 网红 | 網紅 | wǎng hóng | ㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ | Internet celebrity |
| 红颜知己 | 紅顏知己 | hóng yán zhī jǐ | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ | Female soulmate (from guy's perspective) |
| 很 黄 | 很 黃 | hěn huáng | ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ | Over 18 content |
| 黄色 笑话 | 黃色 笑話 | huáng sè xiào huà | ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Dirty jokes |
| 黄脸婆 | 黃臉婆 | huáng liǎn pó | ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˊ | When a once-glamorous wife turns into a tired, nagging housewife — we say she’s a “Yellowfaced Lady” |
| 绿茶 | 綠茶 | lǜ chá | ㄌㄩˋ ㄔㄚˊ | Looks innocent, acts gentle, but knows exactly how to manipulate people — especially men. |
| 他 被 绿 了 | 他 被 綠 了 | tā bèi lǜ le | ㄊㄚ ㄅㄟˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄜ˙ | A guy got cheated on by his wife or girlfriend |
| 戴 绿 帽 | 戴 綠 帽 | dài lǜ mào | ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄇㄠˋ | When a man gets cheated on by his partner, we say he ‘wears a green hat.’ So yeah… in Chinese culture, we don’t wear green hats. Ever! |
| 深绿 | 深綠 | shēn lǜ | ㄕㄣ ㄌㄩˋ | Political slang - Hardcore pro-Green. (In Taiwan, green represents the Democratic Progressive Party) |
| 深蓝 | 深藍 | shēn lán | ㄕㄣ ㄌㄢˊ | Political slang - Hardcore pro-Blue. (In Taiwan, blue represents the Chinese Nationalist Party, also named Kuomintang or KMT) |
| 蓝颜知己 | 藍顏知己 | lán yán zhī jǐ | ㄌㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ | Male soulmate (from a female perspective) |
| 小粉红 | 小粉紅 | xiǎo fěn hóng | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ | Political slang - Pro-CCP youth (Young internet users who strongly support the Chinese Communist Party) |
| 黑心 | 黑心 | hēi xīn | ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ | Heartless and unethical - literally “black-hearted” |
| 腹黑 | 腹黑 | fù hēi | ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄟ | Sweet on the outside, evil on the inside (originally from Japan) |
| 背黑锅 | 背黑鍋 | bēi hēi guō | ㄅㄟ ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ | Scapegoat, take the blame - literally “carrying the black pot” |
| 黑马 | 黑馬 | hēi mǎ | ㄏㄟ ㄇㄚˇ | Unexpected winner |
| 拉黑 | 拉黑 | lā hēi | ㄌㄚ ㄏㄟ | Block someone online(Only in China) |
| 黑历史 | 黑歷史 | hēi lì shǐ | ㄏㄟ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˇ | Dark or embarrassing history e.g. your emo photos on Facebook |
| 黑 化 | 黑 化 | hēi huà | ㄏㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | When a good character turns evil (especially in TV drama) |
| 洗 白 | 洗 白 | xǐ bái | ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄞˊ | When a bad character turns good (especially in TV drama) |
| 白目 | 白目 | bái mù | ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ | Person with 0% social awareness,100% mood-killer energy,Can’t read the room to save their life |
| 白富美 | 白富美 | bái fù měi | ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄟˇ | White + rich + pretty. Chinese version of pretty rich girl, |
| 白马王子 | 白馬王子 | bái mǎ wáng zǐ | ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄗˇ | Prince Charming,The perfect boyfriend type |
| 小白脸 | 小白臉 | xiǎo bái liǎn | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ | Looks like a prince, spends like a princess but... with his woman’s money! |
| 白眼狼 | 白眼狼 | bái yǎn láng | ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄤˊ | Ungrateful brat,Someone who bites the hand that feeds them(Only in China) |
| 翻白眼 | 翻白眼 | fān bái yǎn | ㄈㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ | To roll one's eyes |
| 白 痴 | 白 癡 | bái chī | ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ | a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way |
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