小粉紅

Originated from 晉江文學網, a mainland China web novel website targeted at women, whose pages have a pink color design.

小粉紅

1. (neologism, derogatory) young Chinese cyber-nationalists; nationalistic Chinese youth; Little Pink
   • 2022 July 3, “張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國　小粉紅出征央視下架影片”, in RFA 自由亞洲電台粵語部 [Radio Free Asia Cantonese]‎^[1]:

     張學友賀七一政權移交隻字未提中國　小粉紅出征央視下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     张学友贺七一政权移交只字未提中国　小粉红出征央视下架影片 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     zoeng¹ hok⁶ jau⁵ ho⁶ cat¹ jat¹ zing³ kyun⁴ ji⁴ gaau¹ zek³ zi⁶ mei⁶ tai⁴ zung¹ gwok³, siu² fan² hung⁴ ceot¹ zing¹ joeng¹ si⁶ haa⁶ gaa³ jing² pin^3-2 [Jyutping]

     Jacky Cheung HK handover anniversary message does not mention China; little pinks crusade against CCTV, taking the video down

   • 2020 June 24, Li Yuan, “「我愛的國家不想讓我回來」：被困海外的「小粉紅」 [Trapped Abroad, China’s ‘Little Pinks’ Rethink Their Country]”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     一些小粉紅正在重新思考他們與國家的關係——在中國語境下，國家、政府和共產黨都是一體的。 [MSC, trad.]
     一些小粉红正在重新思考他们与国家的关系——在中国语境下，国家、政府和共产党都是一体的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīxiē xiǎofěnhóng zhèngzài chóngxīn sīkǎo tāmen yǔ guójiā de guānxì — zài Zhōngguó yǔjìng xià, guójiā, zhèngfǔ hé Gòngchǎndǎng dōu shì yītǐ de. [Pinyin]

     Some of the little pinks are rethinking their relationship with the country — which, in the Chinese context, is the nation, the government and the Communist Party all in one.

• 粉蛆 (fěnqū)
• 粉紅／粉红 (fěnhóng)

• → English: little pink (calque)

• 小粉綠／小粉绿 (xiǎofěnlǜ)