博客

Mandarin

Etymology

• Phono-semantic matching of English blog, from 博 ("abundant," "plentiful," "wide," "broad," "rich") + 客 ("guest," "visitor"), literally to attract guests, as coined in 2002 by Beijing technology writer Fang Xingdong.

Noun

博客 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bókè)

1. blog

Derived terms

• wēibókè 微博客

Synonyms

• bùluògé 部落格