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双11

雙11
shuāngshíyī
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Double 11 (November 11 shopping festival, China's biggest e-commerce sale)
  2. 2 Singles' Day

Examples

今年双11我花了三千多。
Jīnnián shuāng shíyī wǒ huā le sānqiān duō.
I spent over three thousand on Double 11 this year.
双11的折扣比平时大多了。
Shuāng shíyī de zhékòu bǐ píngshí dà duō le.
The discounts on Double 11 are much bigger than usual.
双11当天淘宝访问量创历史新高。
Shuāng shíyī dàngtiān Táobǎo fǎngwènliàng chuàng lìshǐ xīngāo.
On Double 11 day, Taobao's traffic hit a historical high.

Tips

culture
Started in 2009 by Alibaba's Tmall, turning the pre-existing 光棍节 ('Singles' Day,' named for the four '1's on 11/11) into the world's largest online shopping event. Now runs for multiple weeks with pre-sale deposits and partial-payment games.

In Pop Culture

光棍节 Guānggùnjié
Singles' Day
Student-culture origin of 11/11, later commercialized into the shopping festival
双12 shuāng shí'èr
Double 12
December 12, smaller follow-up shopping festival

Stroke Order

双 shuāng