中国新词汇“土豪”最热

A new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China - "tuhao" - which loosely translated means "nouveau riche". There have been more than 100 million references to the word "tuhao" on social media since early September.

一个新词最近突然在中国爆红——“土豪”，勉强可以翻译为“nouveau riche”(法语：暴发户)。九月份上旬以来，“土豪”一词在中国社交网络上出现了1亿多次。

It's being used to describe everything from the new People's Daily building, to expensive celebrity weddings full of bling, and the new gold-coloured iPhone.

从人民日报社的新大楼到明星大腕纸醉金迷的婚礼，到新款的金色iPhone，一切都可以被形容为“土豪”。

In Chinese "tu" means earth, and "hao" means rich. To say someone is tuhao is to imply they come from a poor peasant background, and have made it rich quick - but don't quite have the manners, or sophistication to go along with it. It's like the term "nouveau riche", says Professor Steve Tsang at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham - but has even more negative connotations, suggesting a certain vulgarity.

在汉语中，“土” 即庸俗、土气，“豪” 即富贵。说某人是土豪即意味着此人出身卑微，后来突然暴富——却没有培养出和物质财富相应的礼貌风范和城府。来自诺丁汉大学的当代中国研究学院教授曾锐生表示，土豪有点像是法语中nouveau riche 暴发户，但指代更消极，还稍嫌粗俗。