2018年度汉字和词语已开始投票-凯发k8官网

an annual campaign to select the 2018 chinese character and word of the year began tuesday.

 

2018年度汉字与年度词语的挑选工作已于本周二展开。

 

the event will select chinese characters and words, which are popular, newly created, or widely used online this year, according to the organizers, the chinese national language monitoring and research center and the commercial press.

 

held for 13 ¹ years, the campaign aims to capture the highlights of 2018 and achievements made by china and the world through the changes of language, the organizers said.

 

the list of the 2017 chinese character and word of the year included "new era," "original aspiration," and "the community with a shared future for humanity."

 

this year's event will run for a month in three stages. from nov. 20 to dec. 3, people can submit words on the official website of the commercial press and through social media platforms such as weibo.

 

between dec. 4 and 8, experts will review the words and create a list of candidates, before the public ² opens from dec. 9 to 19. the results will be announced on dec. 20.

 

the event will also select 40 words for the four-decade reform and opening-up.

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