Glossary: A

a zhan, a site, station a, acfun (a 站)

Definition: AcFun, a Chinese video sharing platform

Notes: a 站 (a zhàn) = website A

a5, renai kinshi jourei (永恒之光)

Definition: 永恒之光 (“Eternal Light”), a SNH48 stage adapted from AKB48 Team A’s 5th stage “Renai Kinshi Jourei”

Notes: from “AKB48 Team A 5th Stage”

a6, mokugekisha (前所未有)

Definition: 前所未有 (“Unprecedented”), a SNH48 stage adapted from AKB48 Team A’s 6th stage “Mokugekisha”

Notes: from “AKB48 Team A 6th Stage”

abb

Definition: one Chinese character followed by another Chinese character that is repeated twice

Notes: examples: Liu Qianqian (刘倩倩), Su Shanshan (苏杉杉), Huang Tingting (黄婷婷)

abo, a/b/o, omegaverse

Definition: erotic fanfiction genre where humans are given wolf-like characteristics and divided into social classes: alphas (A), betas (B), and omegas (O)

Notes: from “alpha, beta, omega”

abuse fans (虐粉, 虐分)

Definition: idols portraying themselves as miserable or disadvantaged in order to drive their fans to support them more

Notes: 虐粉 (nüè fěn) = abuse fans

ace

Definition: the idol with the highest overall popularity or level within their group

Notes: from “ace”

acg, acgn, 2d, two-dimensional (二次元)

Definition: Chinese otaku subculture, pertaining to fields such as anime, manga, video games, visual novels, and VTubers

Notes: from the Japanese 二次元 (nijigen) = second dimension. acgn = “anime, comics, games, novels”

adqc

Definition: adqc

Notes: 爱豆青春

after waves, after waves 9, aw, aw9, langcai girls (浪彩少女)

Definition: After Waves 9 (浪彩少女 AW9), a SNH48 sub-unit

ai weiyang (爱未央), awy

Definition: 爱未央 (“Love Lasts Forever”), a SNH48 song

Notes: 爱未央 (ài wèiyāng) = love is not central

aite (艾特), @-ing

Definition: tagging someone’s social media username with an @

Notes: the symbol ”@” is pronounced as 艾特 (ài tè)

akb48 group, akbg, japan48, jpn48, 48 group, 48g, 48 series (48 系), all48

Definition: AKB48 and its sister groups as a whole

Notes: refers to AKB48 and all related groups, sometimes including SNH48 Group

akb48 team sh, akb48sh, akbsh, team sh, tsh, sh, social team (社会队)

Definition: AKB48 Team SH, a Chinese female idol group

Notes: from “AKB48 Team Shanghai”

akb48, akb

Definition: AKB48 (a Japanese female idol group originally affiliated with SNH48), AKB48 Group

Notes: from “Akihabara 48”

aki-p, qiu-p (秋 P), kangzi (康子), feiqiu (肥秋)

Definition: Akimoto Yasushi (秋元康), the producer of AKB48 and AKB48 Group

aks, vernalossom, verna, dh

Definition: Japanese 48 Group management

Notes: AKS Co., Ltd. was restructured into Vernalossom

all in, allin

Definition: a fan club converting all of their currently available funds into votes

Notes: from “all in”

aluminum copper (铝铜)

Definition: girl with no male friends or no romantic attention from men

Notes: from 铜墙铁壁女 = “iron-walled girl”

anchor (主播)

Definition: livestreamer, host, presenter

Notes: 主播 (zhǔbō) = anchor, broadcaster

anli, amway (安利)

Definition: recommendation, to recommend

Notes: 安利 (ānlì) = Amway

anti (安替), anti-fan, black powder, black fan, heifen (黑粉), sunspot, heizi, hz (黑子)

Definition: someone who actively hates and opposes an idol or celebrity

Notes: 黑粉 (hēi fěn) = black fan. 黑子 (hēizǐ) = sunspots

anti-black station (反黑站)

Definition: fan organizations dedicated to opposing antis and controlling public opinion about their idol

Notes: 反黑站 (fǎn hēi zhàn) = anti-black station

anti-fading, anti-forgetting, prevent fading (防淡忘)

Definition: a post chronicling someone’s past misdeeds and controversies

Notes: 防淡忘 (fáng dànwàng) = anti-forgetting

archeology (考古)

Definition: go through old Internet posts

Notes: 考古 (kǎogǔ) = archeology

awsl

Definition: used to express excitement, usually over something cute or charming

Notes: 啊我死了 (a wǒ sǐ le) = “ah, I am dead!”. equivalent to “they slayed me”