博客

Chinese

abundant; broad; rich
abundant; broad; rich; to get; to win
 
guest; visitor
trad. (博客)
simp. #(博客)
Literally: “to attract guests”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English blog. Coined by Chinese technology writer Fang Xingdong in 2002.

Pronunciation


Noun

博客 (Mainland China)

  1. blog
  2. blogger
  3. social media platform (in general)

Synonyms

  • (blog):
  • (blogger):
    • 網誌作者网志作者
    • (chiefly Taiwan) 部落客 (bùluòkè)

Derived terms

See also