博客

Chinese
 
abundant; broad; rich; to get; to win
 guest; visitor
simp. and trad.
(博客)		 博 客
Literally: “to attract guests”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English blog. Coined in 2002 by Beijing technology writer Fang Xingdong.

Pronunciation

Noun

博客

(Mainland China)
  1. blog
  2. blogger
  3. social media platform (in general)

Synonyms
  • (blog):
  • (blogger):
    • 網誌作者／网志作者
    • (chiefly Taiwan) 部落客 (bùluòkè)

Derived terms

See also
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