Thecharacter"duang"issonewthatitdoesnotevenexistintheChinesedictionary.ButithasalreadyspreadlikewildfireonlineinChina,appearingmorethan8milliontimesonChina'smicro-bloggingsiteWeibo,whereitspawnedatop-trendinghashtag(标签)thatdrew312,000discussionsamong15,000users.OnChina'sbiggestonlinesearchengineBaidu,ithasbeenlookedupalmost600,000times.It'sbeennoticedintheWesttoo.
Butwhatdoesitmean?"Everyone'sduang-ingandIstilldon'tknowwhatitmeans!Lookslikeit'sbacktoschoolforme,"saidWeibouserWeileiweito.Anotheruserasked:"Haveyouduang-edtoday?Mymindisfullofduangduangduang.""Toduangornottoduang,thatisthequestion,"wroteuserBaiKutautoman.
"Duang"seemstobeanexampleofonomatopoeia(拟声词),awordthatphoneticallyimitatesasound.ItallseemstohavestartedwithHongKongactionstarJackieChan,whoin2004wasfeaturedinashampoocommercialwherehesaidfamouslydefendedhissleek(光亮的),blackhairusingtherhythmical-sounding"duang".ThewordresurfacedagainrecentlyafterChanposteditonhisWeibopage.ThousandsofusersthenbegantofloodChan'sWeibopagewithcomments,coiningthewordinreferencetohisinfamousshampooappearance.
Thewordappearstohavedifferentmeanings,andthere'snoperfecttranslation,butyoucouldseeitasanadjectivetogiveemphasistothewordthatfollowsit.Akittenmightbe"duangcute",forexample.Oryoumightbe"veryduangconfused"bythisblog.ForreadersofChinesecharacters,theJackieChanthemeisalsoapparentfromthequirkywayinwhichthewordiswritten:acombinationofChan'sMandarinnames.
29.FromwhatthepersonsmentionedinParagraph2,wecanlearn___.
A.duangispopularamongstudents
B.younguserscanuseduangfreely
C.usingduangisrecognizedasafashion
D.differentpersonshavetheirownunderstandingofduang
30.WhydidJackieChanusethewordduangin2004?___
A.Toinventanewcharacter.
B.Toadvertiseforanactionfilm.
C.Toshowoffhisgoodhairinanad.
D.ToaskhisfanstofloodhisWeibopage.
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