Popular Chinese Word - Jing Bao

One of the best ways to lean basic Chinese is to learn the popular Chinese words that come every now and then. Today, we will get to know another word劲爆（jìng bào）.

We should know that 劲(jìng）is a polyphone. Most of the time, it is pronounced jin4, but here it should be pronounced jing4. It means strength, energy and enthusiasm, and that 爆(bào） means to explode or burst. Thus, 劲爆（jìn bào）means powerful, explosive or shocking. The word first came from the ads of a fast food giant known as KFC. It’s gives people the impression of freshness, joy and energy. It proves that the ads were a success. In English, an equivalent would be high-octane.

劲爆的Dance

We use this term to refer to things we think are intense, dynamic, and powerful. 劲（jìng） in Chinese can be used as an adverb of degree, meaning 'very'. 爆(bào） means 'explosive or burst' as you already know. Putting them together, 劲爆（jìng bào）means 'very explosive,' which we can apply to the news, music beats, highlight reels from sports, action movies, or lively performances.Now, let’s see what words can be described by 劲爆.

                                  劲爆的Price

劲爆的比赛 An extremely stimulating match

劲爆的舞蹈 Hot Dance

劲爆的音乐 Rocking Music

In addition, 劲爆（jìng bào）can also refer to something sensational like shocking news about celebrities.” For example: The 劲爆 photos of the beautiful girl shocked everyone. Or The劲爆performance made people shout and scream.

Can you give another example using the word 劲爆？

Chinese cultural embarrassment

With China’s increasing influence, the intercultural communication between Chinese and foreigners has become more and more frequent. And a lot of people has started learning Chinese. It seems the online Chinese is going rather hot outside China, but what is going on domestically?

In China, people, especially the youth group, tend to neglect the importance of Chinese tuition and its rich culture. They usually pay more attention to foreign language acquisition than mandarin. That’s why a lot of young people are not standard in mandarin speaking. Some can only speak local dialect.

Various factors can account for this situation. For example, a good command of a foreign language may help young people in China get a good job while Chinese skills may be of no significance in one’s job hunting and even their career. As a result, some students may not value Chinese language as English.

Besides, nowadays fewer and fewer universities stimulate Chinese language study in campus, which has caused it to be marginalized. Under this circumstance, Chinese language becomes less and less popular in universities. So, the Chinese should also speed up their steps to learn Chinese language and Chinese culture as foreign Chinese learners do.

If you are condidering learning Chinese too, you can start by taking online Chinese lessons, or access free online learning resources. 

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