返回信息流Chinese Internet buzzword which means “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting.”
Literally, “giving power.”
The Shanghai Daily reported that a Chinese neologism, “geili,” which means, “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting,” had been granted the “official seal of approval” by appearing in The People’s Daily – the official paper of the Communist Party:
“Geili” is created from two Chinese characters “gei” and “li.” Literally, it means “giving power,” but is now widely accepted as an adjective describing something that’s “cool.”
A test of a Chinese jargon word’s trendiness is if users translate it into a foreign language, according to its pronunciation. “Geili” has been transformed into the English-sounding “gelivable,” and “ungelivable,” and the French “très guélile.”
But it was the word’s antonym “bugeili” – meaning dull or boring – that first grabbed wider public attention after it appeared online in May in an episode of a Chinese-dubbed Japanese comic animation.
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gelivable!
【 在 wan751 (Core|酷睿大神) 的大作中提到: 】
: Chinese Internet buzzword which means “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting.”
: Literally, “giving power.”
: The Shanghai Daily reported that a Chinese neologism, “geili,” which means, “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting,” had been granted the “official seal of approval” by appearing in The People’s Daily – the official paper of the Communist Party:
: ...................
I don't feel the thing.
geili cannot just be expressed by “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting”.
Something mysterious are hiding behind the literal meaning
哈哈哈哈哈哈
【 在 wan751 (Core|酷睿大神) 的大作中提到: 】
: Chinese Internet buzzword which means “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting.”
: Literally, “giving power.”
: The Shanghai Daily reported that a Chinese neologism, “geili,” which means, “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting,” had been granted the “official seal of approval” by appearing in The People’s Daily – the official paper of the Communist Party:
: ...................
mysterious is geilivable
【 在 patpat1987 的大作中提到: 】
: I don't feel the thing.
: geili cannot just be expressed by “cool,” “awesome” or “exciting”.
: Something mysterious are hiding behind the literal meaning
: ...................