--- title: "Chinese Internet Slang Decoder: What YYDS, 520, 666 and 内卷 Mean | Mandarin The Wild" description: "Paste a Chinese comment or message and decode its slang: number codes like 520 and 666, letter codes like yyds and xswl, and words like 内卷 and 躺平, each with pinyin and meaning. Free." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-slang" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- Free tool · No sign-up # Chinese internet slang decoder Paste a comment from Douyin, Weibo or WeChat and see what its codes and slang mean. Comment or message ## Number codes 520我爱你wǒ ài nǐ I love you wǔ èr líng sounds like wǒ ài nǐ 1314一生一世yīshēng yīshì for a lifetime; forever yī sān yī sì sounds like yīshēng yīshì 5201314我爱你一生一世wǒ ài nǐ yīshēng yīshì I love you forever 520 and 1314 together 666 awesome; so skilled liù sounds like 溜 liū, smooth and skilled 88拜拜bàibai bye-bye bā bā sounds like bàibai 886拜拜了bàibai le bye now bā bā liù sounds like bàibai le 233 LOL emoticon 233 on the Mop forum was a face pounding the floor with laughter 555呜呜呜wū wū wū boo-hoo (crying) wǔ wǔ wǔ sounds like wū wū wū 7456气死我了qì sǐ wǒ le I’m so angry qī sì wǔ liù sounds like qì sǐ wǒ le 995救救我jiù jiù wǒ help me jiǔ jiǔ wǔ sounds like jiù jiù wǒ 484是不是shì bu shì is it or not? sì bā sì sounds like shì bú shì 9494就是就是jiù shì jiù shì exactly! jiǔ sì jiǔ sì sounds like jiù shì jiù shì ## Letter codes 3q thank you sān Q sounds like “thank you” yyds永远的神yǒngyuǎn de shén the greatest of all time; GOAT (abbreviated YYDS) the first letters of yǒngyuǎn de shén xswl笑死我了xiào sǐ wǒ le that's hilarious; I'm dying of laughter the first letters of xiào sǐ wǒ le xs笑死xiào sǐ LOL; that's hilarious the first letters of xiào sǐ awsl啊我死了a wǒ sǐ le I’m dying (of cuteness) the first letters of a wǒ sǐ le nsdd你说得对nǐ shuō de duì you’re right (often sarcastic) the first letters of nǐ shuō de duì dbq对不起duìbuqǐ sorry the first letters of duì bu qǐ bhys不好意思bù hǎoyìsi sorry; excuse me the first letters of bù hǎoyìsi u1s1有一说一yǒu yī shuō yī to be fair; honestly yǒu yī shuō yī, with 一 written 1 yysy有一说一yǒu yī shuō yī to be fair; honestly the first letters of yǒu yī shuō yī zqsg真情实感zhēnqíng shígǎn with real feeling; genuinely the first letters of zhēnqíng shígǎn tql太强了tài qiáng le too good! the first letters of tài qiáng le ssfd瑟瑟发抖sèsè fādǒu trembling (jokingly scared) the first letters of sèsè fādǒu yygq阴阳怪气yīnyáng guàiqì passive-aggressive; sarcastic; snide the first letters of yīnyáng guàiqì bdjw不懂就问bù dǒng jiù wèn I don’t know, so I’m asking the first letters of bù dǒng jiù wèn plmm漂亮妹妹piàoliang mèimei pretty girl the first letters of piàoliang mèimei xjj小姐姐xiǎo jiějie young woman (friendly) the first letters of xiǎo jiějie xgg小哥哥xiǎo gēge young man (friendly) the first letters of xiǎo gēge jms姐妹们jiěmèimen girls; sisters (to friends) the first letters of jiěmèimen nb牛逼niúbī awesome (rude) the first letters of niúbī emo feeling down from the English “emo” gg it’s over; game over from “good game” at the end of an online game [Every slang word and saying](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/slang) ## Why are there numbers in Chinese comments? Numbers said aloud sound like words: 520 (wǔ èr líng) sounds like 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ, I love you), and 88 (bā bā) like 拜拜 (bye-bye). They are quicker to type than characters. ## What are yyds and xswl? The first letters of each syllable’s pinyin: yyds is 永远的神 (yǒngyuǎn de shén), xswl is 笑死我了 (xiào sǐ wǒ le). People type them to save time, or to keep a word past a filter. ## A number that isn’t slang A code is found wherever it is written, so 520 in a price is marked too. Read it with the sentence around it. ## More free tools - [Slang and sayings](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/slang) - [Pinyin converter](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-converter) - [Vocabulary list maker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary-list) - [Pinyin X-Ray](https://mandarinthewild.com/snap) - [Chengyu quiz](https://mandarinthewild.com/chengyu-quiz) Slang words and meanings from our own dictionary. Nothing you paste is kept.