LiVac New Chinese Buzzword Roster
LiVac New Chinese Buzzword Roster
The LIVAC (Linguistic Variations in Chinese Speech Communities) synchronous corpus is based on news media materials sampled and analyzed regularly and synchronously from six Chinese-speaking communities, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai, and Macau.
An annual "New Chinese Buzzword Roster" is also produced on the basis of the bi-weekly records for one year from 2004 onward. The new words appearing in the Pan-Chinese, Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan rosters are drawn mostly on the basis of their frequency of occurance in the reports on political, social, and economic events in the different communities during the year. They provide good and useful social and cultural indicators.
The New Chinese Buzz Word Roster is an innovative and experimental attempt. We appreciate comments and suggestions which would improve the Roster and the associated indices.
The 2020 LiVac New Chinese Buzzword Roster
The top 5 new words in Pan-Chinese communities include: Stay-At-Home Order (居家令), Heroes in harm’s way (逆行者), National Security Law (港區國安法), Livestream Sales (直播帶貨), and Cloud-based Conference Call (雲會議).
The Buzzword Rosters of each community are:
| Pan- Chinese |
Stay-At-Home Order
居家令
|
Heroes in harm’s way
逆行者
|
National Security Law
港區國安法
|
Livestream Sales
直播帶貨
|
Cloud-based Conference Call
雲會議
|
| Beijing |
Support Hubei
援鄂
|
Two initiatives and one major project
兩新一重
|
Health Kit
健康寶
|
Mukbang
吃播
|
Chang'e 5
嫦娥五號
|
| Hong Kong |
Prohibition on Group Gathering
限聚令
|
Mutual Destruction Theory
攬炒論
|
Purple Flag
紫旗
|
Employment Support Scheme
保就業
|
Online Concert
網上騷
|
| Taiwan |
American Pigs
萊豬
|
Triple Stimulus Vouchers
三倍券
|
Han Recall
罷韓案
|
Coupon
酷碰券
|
Outbound worker
外漂族
|
2019
The 2019 top 5 new words in Pan-Chinese communities include: Stop violence and end disorder (止暴制亂), Brexit party (脫歐黨), Reiwa (令和 (退位禮)), Chan Tong-kai case (陳同佳案), Ukrainian gate (烏克蘭門).
2018
The 2018 top 5 new words in Pan-Chinese communities include: Trump - Kim Jong-un Summit (特金會), Tariff war (關稅戰), China International Import Expo (進博會), Sharp Power (銳實力), Buddha Like (佛系).
2017
The 2017 top 5 new words in Pan-Chinese communities include: Russiagate (通俄門), Muslim ban (禁穆令), E-sports industry (電競產業), Solidification (實心化), Long-Distance Training (遠訓).
The new buzzwords in earlier years will be presented here soon:)