Observed arrival · 2026-08-22
支語詞典: The Dictionary That Invents Chinese Words Before They Exist
An infinite-style Chinese dictionary that randomly combines 1,367 commonly used characters into 1,868,689 nonrepeating two-character entries.
Why it surfaced
The page presents entries such as 揚土, 普據, and 與機 without definitions, inviting visitors to page through a supposedly complete catalogue of possible words. Its mock editorial framing—an advance registry intended to preserve the “purity” of Taiwanese Mandarin—turns a simple randomizer into a pointed linguistic and cultural internet artifact.
An infinite-style Chinese dictionary that randomly combines 1,367 commonly used characters into 1,868,689 nonrepeating two-character entries.
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