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What do you say to people when you make a joke in China?

Ninchanese October 19, 2016

只是开玩笑! Zhǐ shì kāi wán xiào! Just kidding! Knowing how to say this is very important because well, sometimes, the Chinese won’t get your humor. It’s not that your joke is bad, that depends on the audience, but they are not used to this kind of joke. Let’s see why.

Expressions, Vocabulary Chinese expression, chinese sentence, conversation, cool, joke, just kidding, slang, spoken Chinese, survival chinese, useful

520 Meaning: The Chinese Number for “I Love You”

Ninchanese May 20, 2016

Today is 5.20 May the 20th. It may seem like a normal day for you, but for others, especially in China, today is a very special day! It’s a day of love.

In Chinese internet slang, 520 (wǔ èr líng) sounds similar to 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ), which means “I love you.” Because of this, May 20th (5/20) is celebrated as a modern, unofficial Valentine’s Day in China. People use the number 520 to express their romantic feelings online or through text messages.

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