苏超

蘇超

Sūchāo

noun

Meanings

1 the Jiangsu Super League; an amateur football tournament among Jiangsu's 13 prefecture-level cities that went viral in 2025
2 short for 江苏省城市足球联赛

Characters

Jiangsu (short form)

super (abbr. of 超级联赛)

Examples

苏超把十三个地级市的球迷都激活了。

Sūchāo bǎ shísān ge dìjíshì de qiúmí dōu jīhuó le.

The Jiangsu Super League got football fans in all 13 prefecture cities fired up.

这周末要去南京看苏超决赛。

Zhè zhōumò yào qù Nánjīng kàn Sūchāo juésài.

This weekend I'm going to Nanjing to watch the Jiangsu Super final.

苏超的口号是'十三太保争霸'。

Sūchāo de kǒuhào shì 'shísān tàibǎo zhēngbà'.

The league's slogan is 'Thirteen champions battling for supremacy.'

Tips

culture

Launched May 2025 as an inter-city amateur football league among Jiangsu's 13 地级市. It exploded on Douyin thanks to inter-city rivalries playing out in memes—Suzhou vs. Wuxi, Nanjing as 'big brother,' Xuzhou stereotyped as 山东-adjacent. By summer, stadium attendance regularly exceeded Chinese Super League games. Follows the 村超 (Guizhou, 2023) template. Named a 2025 Top 10 buzzword by 《咬文嚼字》.

usage

Note: CC-CEDICT lists 苏超 as 'Scottish Premiership' (the abbreviation for 苏格兰超级联赛). In 2025 Chinese usage almost always refers to the Jiangsu league. Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

苏 sū

超 chāo