脸书

臉書

Liǎnshū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Facebook (Chinese calque)

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

脸书在台湾非常流行。

Liǎnshū zài Táiwān fēicháng liúxíng.

Facebook is very popular in Taiwan.

HSK 7-9

他用脸书和海外的亲戚联系。

Tā yòng Liǎnshū hé hǎiwài de qīnqi liánxì.

He uses Facebook to keep in touch with relatives overseas.

Tips

memory

脸 (face) + 书 (book) = Face-book. A literal character-by-character calque of the English name - one of the cleanest tech loanwords in Chinese.

Stroke Order

脸 liǎn

书 shū