douyin
/ˈdoʊ.jɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The version of TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform, that is exclusively used in mainland China.
Example Sentences
- "Douyin’s influence has even extended offline, as many users identify themselves as Douyiner (“抖音人”) and socialize with each other using jargons in real life."
- "In May 2018, ‘Black Face V’, a popular ‘Douyiner’ with 26.37 million followers, posted a 13-second video entitled ‘I want to tell you’ on Douyin, in which the watermarks of ‘Douyin’ and ‘ID: 145651081’ were embedded."
- "We found that between the two groups, they had no significant difference in their perceptions of relevance of the recommended videos on Douyin, perceptions of the variety of content recommended by Douyin, perceptions of the relevance of content providers of the recommended videos, and confidence in Douyin's respect for their privacy."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 抖音 (dǒuyīn, literally “shaking sound”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 抖音
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdoʊ.jɪn/
- British English: /ˈdəʊ.jɪn/