Hottest Chinese words, phrases of 2018

The shortlist reflects people's lives and the hot issues that have come up in the past year, both in China and abroad, according to the experts. As the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that this year's words vividly depict the concerns, emotions, and joys of Internet users in 2018, and they have interpreted these words as follows.

Skr

Skr: People prefer to use this word to express admiration and praise.

The word originally refers to the sound of car tire friction, after it was popularized by Kris Wu on the platform's show “The Rap of China,” the word quickly became a term of praise used by new hip-hop fans but was suddenly everywhere, and was spread by netizens who imitate.

In some situation, when something is recognized, people prefer to use "skr" to express admiration and praise.

Editor：梁子硕