<p>PK: "Player Kill"; </p>

<p>See the definition in <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PK" rel="nofollow noreferrer">urban dictionary</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>PK
  Pronounced "Pee-kay"</p>
  
  <p>Originally meaning "Player Killing," the term PK is now also
  colloquially used in China and Taiwan as a verb form of the word
  versus in situations where there may actually be no avatar/player
  killing. It is most used in 1v1 situations like 1v1 basketball, 1v1
  starcraft, 1v1 league of legends, 1v1 chess, 1v1 eating contests, 1v1
  footrace etc. PK can also be applied to situations where one team is
  against another in a 1 team vs 1 team scenario like in the NBA,
  soccer, baseball, etc.</p>
</blockquote>

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2017-11-05T12:31:29.053Z
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dan
<p>The picture here shows the evaluation instruction given to English-speaking native judges of the famous annually held "FLTRP" (外研社）Cup English Speaking Cup of Chinese college students。</p>

<p>"PK" looks like English, but its origin is in China, something like "AA", which can be understood without any distortion by Chinese people, but makes no sense to English speakers, who only know "go dutch" or "split bills".</p>

<p>What is the real meaning of PK?
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/aKcUI.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/aKcUI.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2017-11-05T13:28:16.170Z
pk = vs. - usage is the same
Mou某
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2017-11-05T14:21:22.237Z
alternative suggestion for "persist in" : adhere to ( originating from Chinese "V+N") using ichacha,
坚持＋NP： 坚持原则 adhere to principles; 
English "persist in using, consistently use" may be possible
user6065
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Some words look like English, but they are Chinese
# Some words look like English, but they are Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-05)

The picture here shows the evaluation instruction given to English-speaking native judges of the famous annually held "FLTRP" (外研社）Cup English Speaking Cup of Chinese college students。

"PK" looks like English, but its origin is in China, something like "AA", which can be understood without any distortion by Chinese people, but makes no sense to English speakers, who only know "go dutch" or "split bills".

What is the real meaning of PK?
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/aKcUI.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/aKcUI.jpg)

**Tags:** word-choice

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: pk = vs. - usage is the same  
> **username_2**: alternative suggestion for "persist in" : adhere to ( originating from Chinese "V+N") using ichacha, 坚持＋NP： 坚持原则 adhere to principles;  English "persist in using, consistently use" may be possible  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-11-05. Score: 1

PK: "Player Kill";

See the definition in [urban dictionary](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PK).

> PK
> Pronounced "Pee-kay"
>
> Originally meaning "Player Killing," the term PK is now also
> colloquially used in China and Taiwan as a verb form of the word
> versus in situations where there may actually be no avatar/player
> killing. It is most used in 1v1 situations like 1v1 basketball, 1v1
> starcraft, 1v1 league of legends, 1v1 chess, 1v1 eating contests, 1v1
> footrace etc. PK can also be applied to situations where one team is
> against another in a 1 team vs 1 team scenario like in the NBA,
> soccer, baseball, etc.


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