<p>Following what 倪阔乐 mentioned, here is a helpful visualization for how the newly formed pseudo-character looks like:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sN66j.jpg" alt="duang"></p>

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2015-03-11T03:48:51.823Z
2015-03-11T03:48:51.823Z
Yoav Vollansky
<p><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/duang-how-jackie-chan-helped-780040">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/duang-how-jackie-chan-helped-780040</a></p>

<p>Citation, with explanation of the word in bold:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Think that your hair is looking particularly good today? In Chinese
  popular culture, it's looking "duang."</p>
  
  <p>A Chinese phrase that came out of nowhere, "duang" has taken the
  Internet by storm, even though many don't really know its origins.</p>
  
  <p>We do know where "duang" started though. It was Hong Kong action star
  Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo infomercial, where
  he spread his hands and described how his sleek dark locks would
  simply "duang" after a scrub with Bawang organic shampoo. <strong>A useful
  way of translating the word is as "boing," in the sense of "bouncy and
  vibrant," or even "ta-da!"</strong></p>
  
  <p>A parody video making fun of the old commercial recently hit the web,
  making the word a social media trend. It's been widely interpreted as
  "cool," and the word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on
  his Weibo page. It has become to Chinese slang what Kim Kardashian's
  rear end is to U.S. popular culture. It's breaking the Internet as
  Chinese pop stars are called "duang pretty" and the like.</p>
  
  <p>Although it's a long way from featuring in a dictionary, it's been
  used millions of times on the Chinese social network Weibo and has
  been looked up 1.5 million times on China's biggest search engine,
  Baidu.</p>
  
  <p>In case you're "duang confused," you just need to know that
  "everyone's "duang-ing" and it's great" or "This is so duang hot" are
  the kinds of comments you see on the Weibo social network these days.</p>
  
  <p>There have also been numerous mash-up videos, and apparently during
  the visit of Britain's Prince William to China last week, he was
  greeted by some people saying "duang, duang," because the English
  gentry look is seen as cool in China.</p>
</blockquote>

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2015-03-10T00:09:50.053Z
apparently you can also "duang" something- meaning adding extra whiz-bang to it. I think.
Master Sparkles
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2015-03-10T00:56:27.370Z
@MasterSparkles  In that sense, the English translation would be "zhoosh it up."  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zhoosh
Colin McLarty
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2015-03-10T01:16:00.097Z
@ColinMcLarty- I stand corrected, good sir.
Master Sparkles
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2015-03-10T06:44:59.317Z
Hollywood Reporter is kind of making it into a bigger thing than it actually is, I'm sure everyone will have forgotten about duang by next week....
Mou某
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2015-03-10T07:08:51.480Z
"has been looked up 1.5 million times on China's biggest search engine" Where can you look up Baidu search statistics? I mean not the search results stats, but how many times a term has been queried? Something like Google Trends or Google Adwords Keyword Planner.
imrek
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2015-03-10T10:26:44.543Z
百度指数- index.baidu.com . don't have time to log in and confirm, but looks like what you want.
Master Sparkles
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2015-03-11T01:00:52.643Z
I think the only way of using it that makes sense is using it as a single onomatopoetic word like in 'Duang! Now they are twice as big.' Other usages are floating around. But I think that's just the cyber populations trying to make most fun out of it, but using it as a verb doesn't really seem as much catchy and could be confusing. (native Mandarine speaker)
user1228520
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2015-03-09T22:58:30.123Z
2015-03-09T22:58:30.123Z
NS.X.
<p>I see this word popping up on Weibo and Taobao. It's not written with any character, but spelled out in Pinyin. What does it mean?</p>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>For the annals:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Mc4qk.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2015-03-10T04:06:33.130Z
Not sure if the "*mandarin*" tag really works here or not...haha...it's Jackie Chan we're talking about after all!
Mou某
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2015-03-10T07:02:24.780Z
Well, If you read 'duang' on taobao.com, it has definitely made it into Mandarin slang. State media has also used it.
imrek
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2015-03-11T00:56:41.017Z
It will pass quickly. I've seen words like this many times. This one doesn't have the attribute to last.
user1228520
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2015-03-11T02:59:42.510Z
A lot of non-Mandarin slang is found all over the place, doesn't make it *mandarin*.
Mou某
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2020-07-25T03:29:52.693Z
Way before the Internet, "duang", (an onomatopoeia), has been used to indicate something that happens or springs up suddenly. "Duang" would be what a coiled spring under tension would sound like if it uncoils quickly. Like "twang".
Wayne Cheah
<word><slang><internet-slang>
What does 'duang' mean in 'online Chinese'?
# What does 'duang' mean in 'online Chinese'?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-09)

I see this word popping up on Weibo and Taobao. It's not written with any character, but spelled out in Pinyin. What does it mean?

EDIT:

For the annals:
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Mc4qk.png)

**Tags:** word, slang, internet-slang

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not sure if the "*mandarin*" tag really works here or not...haha...it's Jackie Chan we're talking about after all!  
> **username_0**: Well, If you read 'duang' on taobao.com, it has definitely made it into Mandarin slang. State media has also used it.  
> **username_2**: It will pass quickly. I've seen words like this many times. This one doesn't have the attribute to last.  
> **username_1**: A lot of non-Mandarin slang is found all over the place, doesn't make it *mandarin*.  
> **username_3**: Way before the Internet, "duang", (an onomatopoeia), has been used to indicate something that happens or springs up suddenly. "Duang" would be what a coiled spring under tension would sound like if it uncoils quickly. Like "twang".  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2015-03-09. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/duang-how-jackie-chan-helped-780040>

Citation, with explanation of the word in bold:

> Think that your hair is looking particularly good today? In Chinese
> popular culture, it's looking "duang."
>
> A Chinese phrase that came out of nowhere, "duang" has taken the
> Internet by storm, even though many don't really know its origins.
>
> We do know where "duang" started though. It was Hong Kong action star
> Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo infomercial, where
> he spread his hands and described how his sleek dark locks would
> simply "duang" after a scrub with Bawang organic shampoo. **A useful
> way of translating the word is as "boing," in the sense of "bouncy and
> vibrant," or even "ta-da!"**
>
> A parody video making fun of the old commercial recently hit the web,
> making the word a social media trend. It's been widely interpreted as
> "cool," and the word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on
> his Weibo page. It has become to Chinese slang what Kim Kardashian's
> rear end is to U.S. popular culture. It's breaking the Internet as
> Chinese pop stars are called "duang pretty" and the like.
>
> Although it's a long way from featuring in a dictionary, it's been
> used millions of times on the Chinese social network Weibo and has
> been looked up 1.5 million times on China's biggest search engine,
> Baidu.
>
> In case you're "duang confused," you just need to know that
> "everyone's "duang-ing" and it's great" or "This is so duang hot" are
> the kinds of comments you see on the Weibo social network these days.
>
> There have also been numerous mash-up videos, and apparently during
> the visit of Britain's Prince William to China last week, he was
> greeted by some people saying "duang, duang," because the English
> gentry look is seen as cool in China.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: apparently you can also "duang" something- meaning adding extra whiz-bang to it. I think.  
> **username_7**: @MasterSparkles  In that sense, the English translation would be "zhoosh it up."  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zhoosh  
> **username_6**: @ColinMcLarty- I stand corrected, good sir.  
> **username_1**: Hollywood Reporter is kind of making it into a bigger thing than it actually is, I'm sure everyone will have forgotten about duang by next week....  
> **username_0**: "has been looked up 1.5 million times on China's biggest search engine" Where can you look up Baidu search statistics? I mean not the search results stats, but how many times a term has been queried? Something like Google Trends or Google Adwords Keyword Planner.  
> **username_6**: 百度指数- index.baidu.com . don't have time to log in and confirm, but looks like what you want.  
> **username_2**: I think the only way of using it that makes sense is using it as a single onomatopoetic word like in 'Duang! Now they are twice as big.' Other usages are floating around. But I think that's just the cyber populations trying to make most fun out of it, but using it as a verb doesn't really seem as much catchy and could be confusing. (native Mandarine speaker)  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-03-11. Score: 3

Following what 倪阔乐 mentioned, here is a helpful visualization for how the newly formed pseudo-character looks like:
![duang](https://i.sstatic.net/sN66j.jpg)


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