Chinese (Mandarin) slang
666
liù liù liù
Awesome, nice one, well played.
- Literally:
- Six six six — 6 (liù) sounds like 溜 (liù), “slick, skilful”
How it's used
666 started in gaming chats to cheer a slick play and is now used for anything impressive — in comments, bullet chats (弹幕) and out loud as liù liù liù. It has nothing to do with the devil in Chinese. It can also be sarcastic (“you broke it again? 666”), so tone matters. Casual only.
Examples
这波操作666！
Zhè bō cāozuò liù liù liù!
That play was sick!
你一个人搞定了整个项目？666啊。
Nǐ yí ge rén gǎodìng le zhěnggè xiàngmù? Liù liù liù a.
You handled the whole project by yourself? Respect.