China internet word "no zuo no die" added into American online slang dictionary “Urban Dictionary” by yim wing tat

China internet word "no zuo no die" added into American online slang dictionary “Urban Dictionary”

"no zuo no die ", one of the top ten internet buzzwords in Weibo in 2013, was recently found to have successfully entered the U.S. Online Slang Dictionary Urban Dictionary. This new word created in 15^th January 2014. "no zuo no die " comes from the word "not seek death will not die", which is popular in the internet widely. In the dictionary, it explained that “This phrase is of Chinglish origin. Means if you don't do stupid things, they won't come back and bite you in the ass. (But if you do, they most certainly will。) Zuo /zwo/ is a Chinese character meaning 'act silly or daring (for attention)”. Someone alleged that the source of the word is from a dialog which is in a Japanese animation called “Gundum”. This dictionary contains a lot of popular English slang which cannot be found in the traditional dictionary. The latest appears are "you can you up" which means "if you can't do it then don't even criticize it".

Here are the other “Chinglish” examples:

“Chinglish” in Urban Dictionary

In Chinglish	In Chinese	Meaning
Tuhao	土豪	Being the symbol of wasteful wealth and unrefined taste.
Gelivable	給力	Be able to excite, make someone feel cheerful. ge- in Chinese means give, li- means power, strength or energy.
Long time no see	好久不見	Have not seen for a long time.
People mountain people sea	人山人海	There are a lot of people in some place, very crowded. usually describe a big event, a scene.
Zhuangbility	裝逼	'Zhuang' means 'play'. 'Bi' is 'pussy' in English. Literally 'zhuangbility' means 'to play pussy' or 'state or action of playing pussy'.
Niubility	牛逼	Niu means cow, which also means that someone is very capable. Bi (pronunciation Bee)， which is used to refer a person rudely, means pussy or female genital.
Shability	傻逼	'Sha' means 'silly' in Chinese. 'Bi' means 'pussy' in Chinese. 'A silly pussy' means 'a fool' or 'a person that makes everything worse'.

Source from: http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2014-04-18/154179933.shtml

These translated words are using the methods of liberal translation, literal translation and transliteration.

“Chinglish” in Oxford English Dictionary

In Chinglish	In Chinese	Meaning
Guanxi	關係	Relationship
Dim sum	點心	Traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions.
Kung fu/ kong fu	功夫	Martial art
Maotai	茅臺酒	Chinese liquor, which distilled from fermented sorghum and now comes in different versions ranging in alcohol content from the standard 53% by volume down to 35%.
Ganbei	干杯	Cheers

Source From: http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2013-12-02/084678076.shtml

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Recently, "Oxford English Dictionary" contains about 120 words which from Chinese origin, many of them are in the form of phonetic transliteration, such as "guanxi ", ​​"dim sum ", "Maotai" and so on.

From the above “Chinglish” words, we can the soft power of China is become more influential to the world. Since many “Chinglish” words, which come from Chinese, are added into the western authoritative dictionaries. Those new words are commonly use in the internet and become more popular. It shows that the Chinese culture and language are prevalent on the networking world.