Slang Of Modern Chinese Language

Abstract

This article is devoted to slang as a sociolinguistic phenomenon, which reflects changes in social, economic and cultural spheres of the Chinese society. The vocabulary of the Chinese language, like any other language, is constantly changing, which allows us to perceive the language as a living and developing system, slang is of particular interest among such changes. We select slang items from different sources such as paper dictionaries of modern Chinese slang, internet dictionaries of modern Chinese slang and Internet resources. We analyze slang expressions, which, in our opinion, represent life in the Chinese community, its realities and features. Selected slang expressions were divided into groups, each of which covers a significant part of the Chinese social processes, is separate and at the same time has an intersection with other groups, because of the interconnectedness of all spheres of social life. We determine the mutual influence between social processes and changes as the characteristics of the Chinese society and slang as the part of language.