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New Chinese Dictionary Reflects Modern China

Additions include nouveau riche and the WeChat social media app.

466699263The Chinese language regulator has approved of a new edition of the Standard Dictionary of Modern Chinese that includes over 100 new words of increasing importance in contemporary China. The new additions are telling of how Chinese society has transformed amidst economic boom and technology age.

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