03564nam 2200541 450 991078741320332120200520144314.01-4629-1518-3(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; CopyrightExplores how the Internet in China has bred a youth subculture, and identifies the social characteristics of popular "tribes" that represent the diversification of society and their use of shorthand forms and wordplay.Chinese languageSlangChinacctChinafastChinese languageSlang.495.17H193.4clcMichel Véronique1186012Müller ClaudeKoval SebastienLobo MarcioMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787413203321China online3708908UNINA