slang; vulgar dialectal expression
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slang; vulgar dialectal expression
neutralA sociolinguistics term referring to informal, non-standard words or phrases that are often considered coarse, colloquial, and restricted to specific regions or social groups.
Yǔ语
yán言
xué学
kè课
shàng上
，
wǒ我
men们
xué学
xí习
le了
Běi北
jīng京
huà话
zhōng中
de的
yī一
xiē些
lǐ俚
yǔ语
。
In the linguistics class, we learned some slang from the Beijing dialect.
“
sā撒
yā丫
zi子
”
shì是
Běi北
jīng京
lǐ俚
yǔ语
，
yì意
si思
shì是
fàng放
kāi开
bù步
zi子
kuài快
pǎo跑
。
“Sā yāzi” is Beijing slang, meaning to run fast with big strides.
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Zuò作
jiā家
zài在
duì对
huà话
zhōng中
shǐ使
yòng用
le了
dà大
liàng量
lǐ俚
yǔ语
，
shǐ使
rén人
wù物
gèng更
zhēn真
shí实
。
The writer used a lot of slang in the dialogue to make the characters more authentic.
Nián年
qīng轻
rén人
xǐ喜
huān欢
chuàng创
zào造
hé和
chuán传
bō播
xīn新
de的
wǎng网
luò络
lǐ俚
yǔ语
。
Young people like to create and spread new internet slang.
Yǒu有
xiē些
lǐ俚
yǔ语
guò过
yú于
cū粗
sú俗
，
bù不
shì适
hé合
zài在
zhèng正
shì式
chǎng场
hé合
shǐ使
yòng用
。
Some slang is too vulgar and not suitable for formal occasions.