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颜值

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FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Chinese Internet CultureCLUSTER: appearance_vocabulary

Literally "face value"; how good-looking a person is, used for both men and women, often as "颜值高" (high looks) or "颜值爆表" (off the charts). It is also used jokingly for the appearance of objects, food or characters.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Praising the lead actor, a viewer wrote, "这部剧颜值爆表。""

LORE & ORIGIN

Chinese Wiktionary labels 颜值 as a new word and slang and describes it as a loanword formed from Japanese: 顏 (kao, "face") plus 值 ("value"). No dated first use or originating community is documented here.

FIRST SEEN
Unknown (no dated first use documented)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Undated; widespread in Chinese internet use from the 2010s
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CN颜值 →
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