Thanks WeChat, But I Really Don't Need to Kill Myself
Thanks WeChat, But I Really Don't Need to Kill Myself
Many expats have been engaged in group buying with the current epidemic situation in Shanghai. But WeChat didn't make it easy when they translate Chinese into English...
Horror movie vibe? The meaning is supposed to be: Remember to disinfect ASAP after you go back home.
The meaning is supposed to be: Good afternoon. Disinfection work in the apartment building will start at 1pm tomorrow. If you want your apartment disinfected as well, please contact us on WeChat.
In China, “宝宝” -- gone out of its orignial meaning 'Baby', is now used to show affection and to get closer to people in conversations.
"拉拉" means lesbian in Chinese, but "货拉拉“（Huo La La）is a brand -- a delivery company.
"修狗" is now a buzzword in China -- a cuter way to call a "dog". Obviously, WeChat has been outdated, it misinterpreted "dog" into "fixing dog".
Have you met other awkward or funny translations while using WeChat translation? Share with us by leaving a comment below!
As a real-time Q&A platform, we received hundreds of questions every week and helped a lot with translation. Recently we have collected the most frequently used phrases and expressions during the pandemic, hope you found these useful!
封fēng 控kòng 区qū
locked-down area
管guǎn 控kòng 区qū
controlled area
防fáng 范fàn 区qū
precautionary area
阳yáng 性xìng
positive
阴yīn 性xìng
negative
方fāng 舱cāng 医yī 院yuàn
makeshift hospital
核hé 酸suān 检jiǎn 测cè
PCR test
抗kàng 原yuán 检jiǎn 测cè
antigen test
自zì 检jiǎn 包bāo
self-test kit
足zú 不bù 出chū 户hù
do not leave home
隔gé 离lí 场chǎng 所suǒ
quarantine site
转zhuǎn 运yùn
transfer
疾jí 控kòng 部bù 门mén
CDC
大dà 礼lǐ 包bāo
gift package
团tuán 购gòu
group buying
快kuài 递dì
deliveries
小xiǎo 区qū
compound
小xiǎo 区qū 出chū 入rù 证zhèng
entry pass for the residential compound
消xiāo 毒dú / 消xiāo 杀shā
disinfection
动dòng 态tài 清qīng 零líng
dynamic zero-COVID policy
集jí 中zhōng 隔gé 离lí
central quarantine
新xīn 闻wén 发fā 布bù 会huì
press conference
疫yì 苗miáo
vaccine
第dì 一yī 针zhēn
first shot
第dì 二èr 针zhēn
second shot
加jiā 强qiáng 针zhēn
booster shot
居jū 委wěi 会huì
neighborhood committee
街jiē 道dào
subdistrict
志zhì 愿yuàn 者zhě
volunteer
救jiù 护hù 车chē
ambulance
紧jǐn 急jí 情qíng 况kuàng
emergency situation
棉mián 签qiān
swab
请带好口罩。
(qǐng dài hǎo kǒu zhào)
Please wear a mask.
请下楼参加核酸检测。
(qǐng xià lóu cān jiā hé suān jiǎn cè)
Please go downstairs for PCR test.
请今天在家做抗原自测。
（qǐng jīn tiān zài jiā zuò kàng yuán zì cè）
Please do an antigen test at home today with the self-test kit.
你检测结果为阳性/阴性。
（nǐ jiǎn cè jiē guǒ wèi yáng xìng / yīn xìng ）
You tested positive/negative for COVID.
我们将把你转运至方舱医院。（wǒ men jiāng bǎ nǐ zhuǎn yùn zhì fāng cāng yī yuàn）
We will transfer you to a makeshift hospital.
请带好你的个人物品。
（qǐng dài hǎo nǐ de gè rén wù pǐn）
Please bring your personal belongings.
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