03279nam 2200505 450 991045969050332120200520144314.01-4629-1518-3(CKB)3710000000361013(EBL)1835883(MiAaPQ)EBC1835883(Au-PeEL)EBL1835883(CaONFJC)MIL872863(OCoLC)904404416(EXLCZ)99371000000036101320181228h20142012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChina online netspeak and wordplay used by over 700 million Chinese internet users /Véronique Michel ; illustrations by Claude Müller, Sébastien Koval and Marcio LoboTokyo, Japan ;Rutland, Vermont ;Singapore :Tuttle Publishing,2014.©20121 online resource (203 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8048-4436-4 Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART 1 PORTRAITS; China's Internet Boom; Young People in China Today; The "Café Latte" Tribe; The "Moonlight" or "Starlight" Tribe; The "Rush-Rush" Tribe; The "Mortgage Slaves"; The "Returnees from Overseas"; The "Low Carbon Footprint" Tribe; The "Ants" Tribe; The "Strawberry" Tribe; The "Corporate Insects"; The "Crazy Jargon" Tribe; The "Luxury" Tribe; The "Otaku" Tribe; The "Couch Potato" Tribe; The "Thumb" Tribe; The "Flea" Tribe; The "Pressure Cooker" Tribe; The Tuhao or the "No Class Nouveaux Riches"; Men; The "Four Gentlemen" and Modern-Day MenThe "Diamond Bachelor"The "Affordable" Man; The "Three Highs" Man; The "Three Lows" Man; The "Herbivore" Man; The "Phoenix" Man; The "Diligent Bull" Man; The "Perfect" Man; The "Poor" Man; Women; The Historic "Four Beauties" and Modern-Day Women; The "3 No's" Woman; The "Carnivore" Woman; The Shengnu; The "Dried-fish" Woman; The "Peacock" Woman; The "No-No" Woman; The "37°" Woman; The "Perfect" Woman; The DAMA; The "Manly" Woman; Modern-Day Couples; Cupid and the "Three Preconditions"; The Couple from "Only-Child" Families; The "Half Candy" Couple; The "DINK" Couple; The DINKWAD; The DINKEMThe DINSThe New DINKs; The DINK Exit Tribe; PART 2 WORD PLAY: HOW IT REVEALS TODAY'S CHINESE MIND; Chinese Characters and Matters of the Heart; Drawing Characters Creatively: Word-drawings on the Internet; Melodious Homophones; Twisted Meanings; From Common Expression to Advertising Slogan; Chinese Names for Foreign Companies; Magic Numbers, for Texting Addicts and Internet Users; Online Catchphrases; English Loanwords: Mixing Languages; Some Buzzwords in 2013 and 2014; Some Interesting Stories and a Taste of Chinese Humor; Websites & References; Photo Credits; CopyrightChinese languageSlangElectronic books.Chinese languageSlang.495.17Michel Véronique986621Müller ClaudeKoval SebastienLobo MarcioMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459690503321China online2254948UNINA