Mandarin²

Technology and Social Media

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Social Media Habits

Learn how to talk about social media, online habits and communication.

1. Social media platforms

社交媒体

shè jiāo méi tǐ

social media

微信

wēi xìn

WeChat

抖音

dǒu yīn

Douyin / TikTok

账号

zhàng hào

account

我每天都用社交媒体。

I use social media every day.

我有一个微信账号。

I have a WeChat account.

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2. Online communication

视频通话

shì pín tōng huà

video call

朋友圈

péng yǒu quān

friend circle / feed

发照片

fā zhào piàn

to post photos

评论

píng lùn

to comment

我常常和朋友视频通话。

I often video call my friends.

她喜欢在朋友圈发照片。

She likes posting photos on her feed.

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3. Time online

每天

měi tiān

every day

经常

jīng cháng

often

很少

hěn shǎo

rarely

花时间

huā shí jiān

to spend time

我每天花很多时间上网。

I spend a lot of time online every day.

我很少用社交媒体学习。

I rarely use social media for studying.

4. Opinions on social media

有用

yǒu yòng

useful

无聊

wú liáo

boring

危险

wēi xiǎn

dangerous

上瘾

shàng yǐn

addicted

我觉得社交媒体很有用。

I think social media is very useful.

有些人对手机上瘾。

Some people are addicted to their phones.

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Complete

我每天都用社交媒体。我喜欢和朋友视频通话,也喜欢发照片。我觉得社交媒体很有用,但是有些人对手机上瘾。

I use social media every day. I like video calling my friends and posting photos. I think social media is very useful, but some people are addicted to their phones.