Ge You, photo 1 of 2
Ge You, photo 2 of 2

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Ge You 2025
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中国新闻社
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CC BY 4.0
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Photo credit

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"葛式幽默"
By
三峡浪子
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CC BY 2.5 cn
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Wikimedia Commons
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葛优

葛優
Gě Yōu
proper noun #28,778

Meanings

  1. 1 Ge You (Chinese actor)

About Ge You

born 1957 · 演员 actor

Beijing comic actor with a deadpan style, star of Feng Xiaogang's New Year comedies, who won Best Actor at Cannes for 活着 (1994). A still of him slumped on a sofa is the 葛优躺 meme.

Examples

HSK 4
Gě Yōu shì Zhōngguó zuì shòu huānyíng de yǎnyuán zhīyī.
Ge You is one of China's most beloved actors.
HSK 6
Gě Yōu tǎng chéngwéi le liúxíng de wǎngluò biǎoqíngbāo.
The 'Ge You slouch' became a popular internet meme.

In Pop Culture

葛优躺 Gěyōu tǎng
The 'Ge You slouch' (葛优躺) - a viral meme based on a still from the 1993 TV series 'I Love My Family' showing Ge You lying slumped on a sofa, representing lazy millennial exhaustion (also called 北京瘫)
Chinese actor; meme origin

Stroke Order

葛 gé
优 yōu