社恐

shèkǒng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 social anxiety
  2. 2 socially anxious person
  3. 3 introvert (slang)

Characters

Abbreviation of 社交恐惧 — social fear/anxiety

Examples

Wǒ shì zhòngdù shèkǒng, bù xǐhuan cānjiā jùhuì.
I have severe social anxiety; I don't like going to parties.
Shèkǒng rén zuì pà bèi diǎnmíng fāyán.
Socially anxious people fear being called on to speak the most.
Tā shuō zìjǐ shì shèkǒng, qíshí tǐng wàixiàng de.
She says she has social anxiety, but she's actually quite outgoing.

Tips

culture
社恐 is short for 社交恐惧症 (social phobia). It went viral as young Chinese people began openly identifying as socially anxious online. Often used humorously as a self-label rather than a clinical diagnosis. Its opposite is 社牛 (social butterfly).
memory
(social) + (fear) = social fear — straightforward abbreviation of the full clinical term.

Stroke Order

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