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IShowSpeed at Chinatown (Portrait) 04
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Chin Yu Chu
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IShowSpeed at Chinatown (Portrait) 01
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Chin Yu Chu
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IShowSpeed at Chinatown (Portrait) 02
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Chin Yu Chu
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甲亢哥

Jiǎkànggē
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 IShowSpeed (Chinese nickname for American streamer Darren Watkins Jr.)

About IShowSpeed

born 2005 · 网红 internet celebrity

American YouTuber and livestreamer Darren Watkins Jr., known for loud, high-energy streams. His 2025 livestream tour of Chinese cities was widely followed in China, where his nickname means 'hyperthyroid bro'.

Examples

HSK 1
甲亢哥喜欢C罗。
Jiǎkànggē xǐhuan C Luó.
IShowSpeed is a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
HSK 5
甲亢哥来中国直播了。
Jiǎkànggē lái Zhōngguó zhíbō le.
IShowSpeed came to China to livestream.
HSK 7-9
中国网友给他起了个外号叫甲亢哥。
Zhōngguó wǎngyǒu gěi tā qǐ le gè wàihào jiào Jiǎkànggē.
Chinese netizens gave him the nickname 'Hyperthyroid Bro.'

Tips

usage
甲亢 is the everyday short form of 甲状腺功能亢进症, 'hyperthyroidism', a condition whose symptoms include restlessness and a racing heart, which fits his nonstop, shouting streams.
usage
哥 'elder brother' is a friendly suffix that turns a name or a trait into a nickname for a man: Chow Yun-fat, for one, is widely called 发哥.

In Pop Culture

甲亢哥 Jiǎkànggē
IShowSpeed
American streamer Darren Watkins Jr. (b. 2005), known on Chinese internet as 甲亢哥 for his trademark high-energy, screaming livestream style. His spring 2025 China tour - a multi-city IRL livestream visiting the Great Wall, Shaolin Temple, and Chongqing - was a major cross-cultural moment, widely covered by both Chinese and Western media.

Stroke Order

甲 jiǎ
亢 kàng
哥 gē