Gaming & Esports

Introduction

Modern Mandarin slang moves fast, and one of the best ways to hear that energy is through how people talk about gaming and esports. This chapter gathers the expressions speakers reach for in that space, so you can catch the humour, attitude, and social texture behind the words instead of translating them too literally.

Use these phrases as a guide to how internet culture, group identity, and everyday conversation shape contemporary Chinese.

All Chinese Slang in This Chapter (40)

1. 欧皇 ōu huáng A person with extremely good luck, especially in games involving random draws. It is a playful title for someone who keeps getting rare r...
2. 非酋 fēi qiú A person with extremely bad luck, especially in random game draws. It is usually self-mocking or teasing among gamers.
3. 开黑 kāi hēi To team up and play games together, usually with friends on voice chat. It implies coordinated multiplayer play.
4. 上分 shàng fēn To raise one's rank, score, or points in a competitive game. It implies progressing in ranked play.
5. 掉分 diào fēn To lose rank points or drop in score, especially after losing matches. It is the opposite of 上分.
6. 带飞 dài fēi To carry teammates to success through superior skill. It means one strong player makes the whole team win.
7. 躺赢 tǎng yíng To win with little effort because others did the work or luck carried the result. It is usually humorous and self-aware.
8. 坑队友 kēng duì yǒu To drag teammates down through bad play, bad decisions, or unreliability. It implies harming the team's outcome.
9. 神操作 shén cāo zuò A brilliant, unbelievable, or surprising move. Depending on tone, it can praise genius execution or mock a bizarre decision.
10. 手残党 shǒu cán dǎng A self-mocking label for people with clumsy hands or poor control, especially in games, crafts, or drawing. It means not skillful with ma...
11. 大佬 dà lǎo An expert, veteran, powerful person, or impressive senior figure. In internet speech it often means someone highly skilled.
12. 白嫖 bái piáo To get benefits without paying or contributing. It often means enjoying content, services, or perks for free.
13. 开麦 kāi mài To turn on voice chat or speak through a microphone. In broader fandom slang, it can also mean speaking up publicly.
14. 闭麦 bì mài To mute the microphone or stop speaking. It can be literal in games and livestreams, or figurative for staying quiet online.
15. 连跪 lián guì A losing streak in games, especially ranked matches. It literally uses 跪, kneel, to mean being defeated.
16. 连胜 lián shèng A winning streak. In gaming, it means winning multiple matches in a row.
17. 逆风局 nì fēng jú A game played from a disadvantaged position. More broadly, it means any situation where conditions are against you.
18. 顺风局 shùn fēng jú A game played from an advantaged position. More broadly, it means a situation where momentum and conditions are in your favor.
19. 人机局 rén jī jú A match that feels like playing against bots or very weak opponents. It can also refer literally to bot matches.
20. 破防局 pò fáng jú A game so frustrating that it breaks your mental defenses. It refers to a match that makes players emotionally tilt.
21. 皮肤党 pí fū dǎng A player who especially loves collecting or buying character skins. It can be affectionate, self-mocking, or lightly critical.
22. 肝活动 gān huó dòng To grind an in-game event intensively. It implies spending lots of time and energy to complete tasks or earn rewards.
23. 氪金 kè jīn To spend real money in a game or online service, especially on in-game currency, characters, items, or cosmetics.
24. 零氪 líng kè A player who spends no real money in a game. It can also describe a no-spend play style.
25. 上大分 shàng dà fēn To gain a lot of ranked points or make strong progress.
26. 掉大分 diào dà fēn To lose a lot of ranked points or suffer a big setback.
27. 补位 bǔ wèi To fill an unclaimed team role or position.
28. 开黑搭子 kāi hēi dā zǐ A regular buddy for playing team games together on voice chat.
29. 车队 chē duì A premade squad or organized group queueing together.
30. 野排 yě pái Solo or random matchmaking without a fixed squad.
31. 带躺 dài tǎng To carry someone so hard they can win while doing little.
32. 躺赢局 tǎng yíng jú A match you win easily because teammates or circumstances carry you.
33. 坐牢局 zuò láo jú A miserable, trapped-feeling match that is hard to endure.
34. 手感火热 shǒu gǎn huǒ rè In excellent mechanical form, with confident hands and timing.
35. 操作变形 cāo zuò biàn xíng Mechanical execution becomes messy under pressure.
36. 意识在线 yì shí zài xiàn Game sense and awareness are sharp and present.
37. 预判拉满 yù pàn lā mǎn Prediction skill is maxed out; someone read the next move perfectly.
38. 版本答案 bǎn běn dá àn The strongest or most optimal choice in the current game version.
39. 强度超标 qiáng dù chāo biāo Overpowered beyond a normal balance standard.
40. 快乐游戏 kuài lè yóu xì Playing for fun rather than sweating rank or results.