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no zuo no die,some popular chinglish used often
2014-06-04

In Urban Dictionary:no zuo no die, You can you up, no can no BB, gelivable, zhuangbility… come on!

1、no zuo no die
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)'

【example】
A: Some dude baked cookies shaped like iPhone, held it by the mouth when driving, tried to mess with traffic cops.

B: Did he pull it off?

A: Cop was pissed and ran his name through the system. Turns out he's got speed tickets unpaid!

B: No zuo no die.

2、you can you up
Translated from Chinglish. If you can do it then you should go up and do it. It's used against people who criticize others' work, especially when the criticizer is not that much better. Often followed by "no can no BB", which means "if you can't do it then don't even criticize it".

【example】
"That person does not deserve the award."

"You can you up."

3、tuhao
Chinese nouveau riche. New money, mostly not well spent.

This word has become a punching bag on China's blogosphere for being the symbol of wasteful wealth and unrefined taste.

4、gelivable
adj. A Chinglish word, be able to excite, make someone feel cheerful. ge- in Chinese means give, li- means power, strength or energy.

【example】
1. Wow, China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy, it is so gelivable!

2. It is gelivable that Spain won 2010 FIFA's World Cup, Spain FTW.

  
5、long time no see
I have not seen you for a long time.

【example】
Hey Jeff, long time no see.

6、people mountain people sea
It means there are a lot of people in some place, very crowded. usually describe a big event, a scene.

The word comes from Chinese idiom. It is a Chinese English word, just like "long time no see".

【example】
The parade is great, there is people mountain people sea.

7、zhuangbility
It's Chinese English. In Chinese, 'Zhuang' means 'play'. 'Bi' is 'pussy' in English. Literally 'zhuangbility' means 'to play pussy' or 'state or action of playing pussy'.

Zhuangbility means 'to boast' or somewhat in English.

8、niubility
It's a Chinglish. In Chinese 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 fomally genital.

9、shability
'Sha' means 'silly' in Chinese. 'Bi' means 'pussy' in Chinese. 'A silly pussy' means 'a fool' or 'a person that makes everything worse'.

【example】
Many people think they are full of niubility, and like to play zhuangbility, which only reflect their shability.

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forget-me-not 2014-06-05 19:52

Ugly words

xuedongi60 2014-06-05 19:49

English and Chinese are the language which always absorb fresh blood and make them both have a huge use in the world.I believe they will always keep active.Maybe it is one of evidences that Chinese culture power in the world.Thanks for your sharing and make me have a good chance to learn some new Chinglish words.

Jaee 2014-06-05 18:37

Gelivable!

Lanslic 2014-06-05 15:03

Haha,our Chinese culture have been popular in the world now.

huaren2323 2014-06-05 13:28

Thanks MiLu Desti..Learning everyday. Chia You...Go Girl go...Gelivable

SoCalChevy 2014-06-05 12:40

"Long time no see" is pretty well known here in the US too. It's been here long enough we don't even know if it came from Chinese immigrants or American Indians (the translation website says the 漢字 is 美洲印第安人)
Thanks for sharing, I've never heard of any of the others!

voice_cd 2014-06-05 09:40

Thanks for sharing your story here, we have highlighted your blog.

ColinSpeakman 2014-06-04 21:15

An interesting list, from the bad girl!