{"id":10588,"date":"2019-11-22T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:59:14","slug":"what-does-dian-zan-mean-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/what-does-dian-zan-mean-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"What does \u201c\u70b9\u8d5e\u201d Mean in Chinese?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Following Chinese trends, Simon begins to use WeChat (\u5fae\u4fe1 w\u0113i xìn: literally: "micro message"), a mobile text and voice messaging communication service popular in China. What he usually does is click the thumb icon to show praise or approval, just like that on Facebook. He has been taught it is said, "\u70b9\u8d5e"(di\u01cen zàn).<\/p>\n

          bài tu\u014d b\u0101ng w\u01d2 di\u01cen gè zàn ba jí m\u01cen 50gè \uff0cw\u01d2 jiù k\u011b y\u01d0 l\u01d0ng mi\u01cen fèi l\u01d0 p\u01d0n l\u0101
Lili: \u62dc\u6258\u5e2e\u6211\u70b9\u4e2a\u8d5e\u5427\uff0c\u96c6\u6ee150\u4e2a\uff0c\u6211\u5c31\u53ef\u4ee5\u9886\u514d\u8d39\u793c\u54c1\u5566!
<\/strong>         Please click the "like" button for me. If I get 50 likes, I’ll get a free gift!
    
              xíng w\u01d2 zhè jiù di\u01cen
Xiao Lin:\u884c\uff0c\u6211\u8fd9\u5c31\u70b9\u3002<\/strong>
             Alright, I’ll do it right now.
   
            n\u01d0 hé lì lì shì h\u01ceo péng y\u01d2u ma
Simon: \u4f60\u548c\u4e3d\u4e3d\u662f\u597d\u670b\u53cb\u5417\uff1f
<\/strong>           Are you and Lili good friends? <\/p>\n

              suàn bú shàng y\u011b jiù shì di\u01cen zàn zh\u012b ji\u0101o bà le
Xiao Lin: \u7b97\u4e0d\u4e0a\uff0c\u4e5f\u5c31\u662f\u70b9\u8d5e\u4e4b\u4ea4\u7f62\u4e86\u3002<\/strong>
              Not really, we are o<\/em>nly casual acquaintances.<\/p>\n

"\u70b9\u8d5e"<\/strong> (di\u01cen zàn ) is internet slang. "\u70b9" means "to click," and "\u8d5e" (zàn), literally meaning "praise”, is a button in the shape of a thumb in some social networking apps, like WeChat, so if you like a message or a l<\/em>ink or something your friend shares, you can click the thumb sign.<\/p>\n

In the dialogue, Lili asks Xiao Lin to “\u70b9\u8d5e” so as to collect enough "likes" to get a free gift. Simon asks if Xiao Lin and Lili are good friends, but Xiao Lin says their relatio<\/em>nship is o<\/em>nly “\u70b9\u8d5e\u4e4b\u4ea4”(<\/strong>di\u01cen zàn zh\u012b ji\u0101o), which is a buzzword newly composed for the internet. It refers to a friendship that is not sincere or deep, but rather the interaction between the two people is merely clicking a button.<\/p>\n

"\u4ea4" here means "friendship". “\u4e4b” is a structural auxiliary word. In Chinese, there are many phrases to describe different kinds of friendships, for example:<\/p>\n

[wàng nián zh\u012b ji\u0101o] \u5fd8\u5e74\u4e4b\u4ea4<\/strong>: friendship between generations
[sh\u0113ng s\u01d0 zh\u012b ji\u0101o] \u751f\u6b7b\u4e4b\u4ea4<\/strong>: friends that are ready to die for each other
[huàn nàn zh\u012b ji\u0101o] \u60a3\u96be\u4e4b\u4ea4<\/strong>: friends in need
[j\u012bn shí zh\u012b ji\u0101o] \u91d1\u77f3\u4e4b\u4ea4<\/strong>: close and intimate friendship
[pín jiàn zh\u012b ji\u0101o] \u8d2b\u8d31\u4e4b\u4ea4<\/strong>: friendship from earlier days when one was poor<\/div>\n