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[quote=ZOEY,279942]As a Chinese, you will be be behind the times if you don't know these popular phrases or popular words. As a Chinese learner, you must be curious about these words or phrases. Today, I will post some popular words or phrases that are often spoken by Chinese guys in 2003. To be honest, I am not familiar with some of them even it is 2008 now. What a shame! I guess that I am out of date too.

In or Out: it means 流行 (popular0 and 过时 (out of date) in Chinese. In Hong Kong, it is more popular to head to the mainland than go overseas. "In" corresponds to "heading to the mainland" and "Out" to "go overseas or emigrate to other countries".

Popularity: five stars.

AA 制：In English, it means "go dutch". Nowadays, it has been introduced to family. Both the husband and the wife take out some money to support daily expenses. Then they go dutch when dealing with their personal affairs. Some couples go fifty-fifty on buying their house, car or doing investment ect.

Popularity: four stars.

FT: don't take it as Financial Times. Actually, it is the abbreviation for "Faint". In Chinese, it means "晕". If you lurk around some Chinese forums, you will find that many people say this word frequently.

Popularity: five stars.

GOOD: It is different from good. It means "Get-Out-Of-Debt". Some people work very hard to earn good payment just for paying their debt. When paying off their debt, they will quit.

Popularity: four stars.

Sick. It means "病人" in Chinese. The sick is not real patient but those who don't want to work or go to school and lie to their boss or theacher that they are sick. Actually, they are very well.

Popularity: three stars.

去HAPPY吗? If your female colleague says "去HAPPY吗" to another colleague( still a female), please don't ask them if you can join them. They just go to the toilets.

Popularity: four stars.

B4: It equals "before" in English. Similarly, CU means "See You".

Popularity: five stars.

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