刷单 (shuādān): to fake orders (to game a platf…

Meanings

1 to fake orders (to game a platform)
2 to inflate sales with sham transactions

Characters

刷

Examples

这家店被发现刷单，被淘宝处罚了。

Zhè jiā diàn bèi fāxiàn shuādān, bèi Táobǎo chǔfá le.

This shop was caught faking orders and was penalized by Taobao.

网上兼职刷单大多是诈骗。

Wǎng shàng jiānzhí shuādān dàduō shì zhàpiàn.

Online 'fake-order' side jobs are mostly scams.

Tips

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E-commerce slang. Sellers hire others to fake purchases and reviews to boost their ranking; scammers repurpose the term to trick job-seekers into 'part-time 刷单' schemes that end up stealing money. Both uses are illegal in China.

Stroke Order

刷 shuā

单 dān

Related Words

刷好评 shuāhǎopíng

to fake positive reviews / to inflate good ratings (review fraud)

我的订单 wǒdedìngdān

my orders / My Orders (standard menu item on e-commerce apps)

单机游戏 dānjīyóuxì

single-player game; offline game (not requiring internet/server)

刷数据 shuāshùjù

to grind engagement metrics (views, likes, comments) / to inflate stats for an idol or post

刷 shuā HSK 4 #3,768

to brush; to scrub / to paint; to apply / to swipe (a card); to scroll (on phone)

刷弹幕 shuādànmù

to spam bullet comments (livestream/video) / to flood the chat with danmaku

刷牙 shuāyá HSK 4 #8,032

to brush one's teeth

刷屏 shuāpíng

to flood a feed / to go viral / to spam a screen with posts

拼单 pīndān

to pool orders / to join a group purchase

刷机 shuājī

to flash firmware (on a phone or device) / to reinstall a phone's OS