REAL INTERNET CHINESE
official announcement
to go public with big news, usually a relationship
- Who can you say it to?
- Safe with anyone Fine at work, fine with your partner's parents.
- Out loud, or only typed?
- Say it or type it Works out loud and in chat.
- Is it still used?
- Settled in Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech.
When to say it
Started with celebrity couples posting official relationship news, now anyone announcing anything big can use it. New job, engagement, new cat. It is mock formal and playful, post a photo and write guānxuān and everyone gets the joke.
Hear it in the wild
Tā liǎ zhōngyú guānxuān le.
They finally made it official.
Wǒ guānxuān yíxià, xià zhōu rùzhí.
Official announcement, I start the new job next week.
Quick answers
What does 官宣 mean?
to go public with big news, usually a relationship
When do people say 官宣?
Started with celebrity couples posting official relationship news, now anyone announcing anything big can use it. New job, engagement, new cat. It is mock formal and playful, post a photo and write guānxuān and everyone gets the joke.
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