快穿 (kuàichuān): quick-transmigration fiction (w…

Meanings

1 quick-transmigration fiction (web-novel genre where the heroine hops between short parallel-world missions, often to 'counter-attack' villainous female leads)

Characters

快

to cross over (here: to transmigrate)

Examples

她最近迷上了快穿小说。

Tā zuìjìn míshàngle kuàichuān xiǎoshuō.

She's recently gotten hooked on quick-transmigration novels.

快穿文节奏快,每个世界几章就结束。

Kuàichuān wén jiézòu kuài, měi gè shìjiè jǐ zhāng jiù jiéshù.

Quick-transmigration stories move fast: each world wraps up in just a few chapters.

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culture

Modern Chinese web-fiction subgenre, closely tied to platforms like 晋江 and 起点女频. Typical frame: the heroine is bound to a 'system' (系统) that sends her soul into a rotating cast of worlds to complete tasks (revenge, redemption, romance). Genre exploded around 2015.

usage

Short for 快速穿越 'fast time-travel/transmigration'. 穿 here is the verb of 穿越 (to cross over / transmigrate). The abbreviation acts as a noun referring to the genre.