Thecharacter"duang"issonewthatitdoesnotevenexistintheChinesedictionary．ButithasalreadyspreadlikewildfireonlineinChina，appearingmorethan8milliontimesonChina'smicro-bloggingsiteWeibo，whereitspawnedatop-trendinghashtag（标签）thatdrew312，000discussionsamong15，000users．OnChina'sbiggestonlinesearchengineBaidu，ithasbeenlookedupalmost600，000times．It'sbeennoticedintheWesttoo．

Butwhatdoesitmean？"Everyone'sduang-ingandIstilldon'tknowwhatitmeans!Lookslikeit'sbacktoschoolforme，"saidWeibouserWeileiweito．Anotheruserasked："Haveyouduang-edtoday？Mymindisfullofduangduangduang．""Toduangornottoduang，thatisthequestion，"wroteuserBaiKutautoman．

"Duang"seemstobeanexampleofonomatopoeia（拟声词），awordthatphoneticallyimitatesasound．ItallseemstohavestartedwithHongKongactionstarJackieChan，whoin2004wasfeaturedinashampoocommercialwherehesaidfamouslydefendedhissleek（光亮的），blackhairusingtherhythmical-sounding"duang"．ThewordresurfacedagainrecentlyafterChanposteditonhisWeibopage．ThousandsofusersthenbegantofloodChan'sWeibopagewithcomments，coiningthewordinreferencetohisinfamousshampooappearance．

Thewordappearstohavedifferentmeanings，andthere'snoperfecttranslation，butyoucouldseeitasanadjectivetogiveemphasistothewordthatfollowsit．Akittenmightbe"duangcute"，forexample．Oryoumightbe"veryduangconfused"bythisblog．ForreadersofChinesecharacters，theJackieChanthemeisalsoapparentfromthequirkywayinwhichthewordiswritten：acombinationofChan'sMandarinnames．

29．FromwhatthepersonsmentionedinParagraph2，wecanlearn___．

A．duangispopularamongstudents

B．younguserscanuseduangfreely

C．usingduangisrecognizedasafashion

D．differentpersonshavetheirownunderstandingofduang

30．WhydidJackieChanusethewordduangin2004？___

A．Toinventanewcharacter．

B．Toadvertiseforanactionfilm．

C．Toshowoffhisgoodhairinanad．

D．ToaskhisfanstofloodhisWeibopage．

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