纽约时报如何解释给力.docVIP

看纽约时报如何解释“给力”——gelivable ！~ 来源： 李骏的日志 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 ? ? ? ? 另附Shanghai Daily 关于GEILI的文章： ????????????????????????????????????? The rise of Net buzzword gelivable Chinese cyber buzzword geili - which describes something as cool, awesome or exciting - has received the official seal of approval with an appearance in the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China. Chinese character Geili?appeared in a headline on the front page of Peoples Daily, which is marked by?a black circle. This is the latest episode in the ever-increasing popularity of this completely new word which has also been given English and French translations by web users and a negative form in a manga animation. Geili featured in a headline on the front page of Peoples Daily on Wednesday. While the meaning was slightly different, in the newspaper it meant empower, millions of netizens were delighted and surprised to see it used by the Party newspaper. Online jargon is usually considered too casual for standard written language, and is thus excluded from language gu