梗图

• Pinyin: gěng tú
• Hanzi breakdown: 梗 (meme) + 图 (image) -> meme picture.

Meaning

A meme image used to express a joke, reaction, or shared reference.

It includes screenshots, edited pictures, captioned images, and reaction templates. Users send 梗图 when words feel too slow or too plain.

Examples

1. 这张梗图太适合今天的会议了。 This meme image is perfect for today's meeting.
2. 群里又开始刷梗图。 The group chat has started spamming meme images again.
3. 我存了很多考试周梗图。 I've saved loads of exam-week meme images.

Usage Guide

Context: comments, group chats, entertainment

Tone: funny, expressive

Do Say

• 用图片表达吐槽时可以发梗图。（Send a meme image to react.）

Don't Say

• 在正式邮件里插梗图。（Too informal for formal communication.）

Common Mistakes

• Calling every picture 梗图; it should carry a meme or joke.

Origin & History

Combines 梗, a meme or joke point, with 图, image.

Cultural Context

Era: 2010s-2020s

Generation: Students, Gen Z, and young office workers

Social background: Urban internet users

Regional notes: A basic unit of Chinese group-chat humor and comment-section reaction.