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HSK 2 Chinese Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for Party Slang

社恐、社牛、社死

Shè kǒng, shè niú, shè sǐ

2:46 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with pinyin and English

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About this lesson

At a party, learn three trending slang words: 社恐 (socially anxious), 社牛 (socially fearless) and 社死 (dying of embarrassment in public). Each comes with its literal character meaning.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the characters, the pinyin and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause, then check the 别这么说 card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

社恐、社牛、社死 Shè kǒng, shè niú, shè sǐ Party slang: socially anxious, fearless and mortified

WordPinyinMeaningDon't say 别这么说
社恐shèkǒngsocially anxious adjective or noun, 我很社恐我是很社恐。 ✗ · 我很社恐。 ✓ 社恐 works like an adjective, so say 很社恐 and skip 是.
社牛shèniúsocially fearless noun or adjective, 是社牛他很社牛的人。 ✗ · 他是社牛。 ✓ Use 是 before the noun 社牛, and do not add 很 and 的人.
社死shèsǐmortifying embarrassment verb, 社死了 or 社死过我社死你了。 ✗ · 我社死了。 ✓ 社死 has no object, so it cannot be used on another person.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
社恐shèkǒngsocially anxious
社牛shèniúsocially fearless
社死shèsǐmortifying embarrassment

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