狗头

Modern Chinese internet usage: 狗头 (often written with the �� or 狗头.jpg emoji) is the local equivalent of /s — it tags the previous sentence as sarcastic or as protective deniability. The convention spread on Weibo around 2017–18 to defuse politically sensitive jokes.

culture

Older fixed phrases: 狗头军师 = a bad adviser whose schemes always backfire (literally "dog-head strategist"); 狗头 alone has long been a contemptuous term for a worthless underling.