Soul

Soul
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Soul (Chinese social/dating app launched 2016, known for personality-test matching and audio chat)

Examples

Tā zài Soul shàng rènshí le xiànzài de nán péngyǒu.
She met her current boyfriend on Soul.
Soul zhǔdǎ línghún pǐpèi, bù kàn liǎn.
Soul focuses on 'soul matching' rather than looks.

Tips

culture
Launched in 2016 by Shanghai-based Soulgate; pitched as 'a place where you don't have to be pretty.' Users take a personality test, get a star-graph avatar, and are matched on traits — anti-Tinder branding aimed at Chinese Gen Z. The Chinese name is also written as Soul (no Chinese rendering).

In Pop Culture

灵魂社交 línghún shèjiāo
soul-based social networking
Soul's official self-description, contrasted against 'face-based' apps.