Scroll, like, follow
Douyin (抖音) is the Chinese app the rest of the world knows in another version as TikTok. Its words for scrolling, liking and following are now ordinary verbs, and live streams have a language of their own.
Using the app
The four things everyone does.
These are ordinary verbs now. People say 刷手机 for scrolling their phone and 点赞 for approving of anything, online or not.
Live and in the comments
The words around a stream.
Live-stream Chinese is fast and warm by design, because the host is selling. It is a good place to hear numbers, prices and polite requests at natural speed.
A live-selling stream
Host and viewer, the pattern of a thousand streams.
冲 is a word worth having. It means charge, and online it means go for it, let's do this, I'm buying. It works in speech among friends too.
刷 started with 刷卡, swiping a card, and 刷题, grinding through practice questions. The picture is always a quick, repeated motion. 刷抖音, 刷手机 and 刷剧 (bingeing a drama) all use it.
8 questions. Get 5 right to finish the day.
刷视频 means…
- to delete videos
- to film a video
- to scroll through videos
- to wash videos
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to scroll through videos Brush through a feed.
点赞 is…
- to like
- to comment
- to follow
- to share
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to like Tap praise.
关注 in the news means…
- to like
- to buy
- to cancel
- to pay attention to
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to pay attention to The app meaning came from it.
Type the pinyin for 直播.
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zhíbō Second tone, then first.
私信 is…
- a comment
- a direct message
- a follow
- a like
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a direct message Private letter.
冲！ in a comment means…
- let's go, I'm in
- slow down
- I'm leaving
- stop
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let's go, I'm in Charge.
评论区 is…
- the comments section
- the live stream
- the review area
- a region of China
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the comments section 区 is area.
Type the Chinese or pinyin for how much?
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duōshao qián From daily course day 6.
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