The word has been searched more than 600,000 times on China's main search engine, Baidu
Jackie Chan has helped turn the word "duang" into a social media sensation in China
Wellington: ' Duang,' the word which is taking China by storm, has been searched more than 600,000 times on China's main search engine Baidu, but none knows what does it mean.
The word and its written character, which are so new that they do not yet exist in the Chinese dictionary, have already been used more than eight million times on Chinese social media website Weibo, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Weibo user Weileiweito said that everyone's "duang-ing" and he still doesn't know what it means, adding that looks like it's back to school for him.
As per reports, some said it originated with film star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he defended his sleek, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding "duang." Apparently the word, which was onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically imitates a sound, resurfaced recently when Chan posted it on his Weibo page.
It can have many meanings, but people seem to be mainly using it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it.
( Source : ANI )
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