Lianying Zhou, Hao Zhang

Hao Zhang

13 May, 2024

Mandarin, Chinese, Integration, Usage situation, Origin.

Contemporary Mandarin continues to spread and spread to other Chinese speaking regions, and the phenomenon of Chinese language integration has attracted much attention. This article focuses on the "Top 10 New Words" and "Top 10 Internet Terms" for the year 2023, investigating the usage of mainstream Chinese media in 10 other countries or regions, in order to understand the current global integration of Chinese language. The research results show that the overall usage rates of the top 10 new words and top 10 internet terms in 2023 are 42% and 44%, respectively. The usage situation is still unbalanced, with fast dissemination speed and diverse integration forms, which is the result of the combined effect of internal and external factors in language.

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