Pixel International ConferencesPixel International ConferencesIn recent years, with the sweeping of economic globalization and cultural globalization, China has come up with the strategy of “Chinese culture going out”, so as to promote the spreading and communication of Chinese culture. As an indispensable part of Chinese culture, Chinese slang also deserves the attention of scholars. Slang, as colloquial spoken language, is vividly flavored with local color. In fact, it can be considered as a living part of the Chinese language. To a certain extent, it reveals various changes in the economy, culture, and standard of living part of a society. Youdao is a search engine released by Chinese Internet company NetEase in 2007, which develops mobile applications with big data technology. Youdao online dictionary provides a software and function to conduct a whole-paragraph translation. Translation was based on data from the search engine, along with web data generated that produced by data mining and natural language processing. Users use its search engine as a starting point to expand into the area of large-scale data storage. Youdao online dictionary as a tool for language learners to learn Chinese slangs independently is efficient and convenient, and it has created digital learning opportunity for learners to learn Chinese slangs online during the pandemic of Covid 19. The Youdao online dictionary provided us popular and high occurrence of Chinese slang spoken by the China people in their daily lives, using searching engine the output contains bilingual (Chinese-English) information such as explanation on Chinese slangs from different dictionaries, example sentences contained Chinese slangs, web interpretation about the context meanings of Chinese slangs, professional interpretation, English interpretation, collocation, synonym, conjugation, encyclopedia, translation, and vocabulary book. The study will illustrate the practical functions of the Youdao online dictionary and verify how it will improve the teaching and learning of Chinese slangs trough online and actual classroom learning.
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Chinese slangs, digital learning, translation, technology, online dictionary |
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