{"name":"HearMandarin Chinese Slang Dataset","version":"2026-09-09","generated":"2026-09-28","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"HearMandarin (https://hearmandarin.com)","homepage":"https://hearmandarin.com/datasets/","source":"Curated in-house by a native speaker in Shanghai. Currency judgements were checked against dated sources at the month given in the checked field. See https://hearmandarin.com/data-sources/ for how the site sources and checks its content.","fields":[{"name":"slug","description":"Stable identifier, also the last path segment of the entry page."},{"name":"term","description":"The term as written in simplified Chinese. A slash means two related forms taught together."},{"name":"pinyin","description":"Pinyin with tone marks. For letter abbreviations this is the phrase the letters stand for."},{"name":"category","description":"Topic. One of: work, online, feelings, social, money, food, strong."},{"name":"register","description":"Who you can say it to. anyone = Fine at work, fine with your partner's parents. casual = Normal among people your own age. Skip it with elders, clients and officials. mates = Carries a swear or an insult. Only with people who would swear back."},{"name":"channel","description":"both = Works out loud and in chat. typed = People type this. Saying it out loud sounds like a joke."},{"name":"since","description":"Four digit year the term came into wide use, \"pre-internet\" for spoken slang older than the web, or \"unknown\" where we could not establish a year from evidence."},{"name":"status","description":"Whether it is still current. hot = In heavy use at the moment. steady = Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech. fading = Still understood, but it dates you a little."},{"name":"checked","description":"Year and month (YYYY-MM) when the status judgement was last reviewed. A status without this date is not a claim we stand behind."},{"name":"literal_en","description":"What the characters literally say, which is often absurd and is half the point."},{"name":"real_en","description":"What it actually means in use."},{"name":"url","description":"Entry page with examples, audio and the full usage note."}],"count":185,"terms":[{"slug":"neijuan","term":"内卷","pinyin":"nèijuǎn","category":"work","register":"anyone","channel":"both","since":"2020","status":"steady","checked":"2026-09","literal_en":"to roll inward","real_en":"everyone competing harder and harder while nobody actually gets ahead","url":"https://hearmandarin.com/slang/neijuan/"},{"slug":"tangping","term":"躺平","pinyin":"tǎngpíng","category":"work","register":"anyone","channel":"both","since":"2021","status":"steady","checked":"2026-09","literal_en":"to lie flat","real_en":"to quit the rat race and do the bare minimum on 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