Table 4 The use frequency of sample netspeak reductions based on the Baidu index.

From: The reduction of Netspeak in Mandarin computer-mediated communication: a least effort motivation at the utterance level

Reductions

Lowest index/date

Highest index/date

Average index

xiǎo què xìng

137/30.01.2012

39,536/31.12.2017

1030

rán bìng luǎn

8/29.03.2015

34,794/29.06.2015

1138

gāo fù shuài

17/04.04.2011

10,303/09.04.2012

1269

xǐ dà pǔ bēn

8/24.09.2012

10,512/21.12.2013

1224

lèi jué bú ài

8/10.09.2012

2394/05.04.2014

717

rén jiān bú chāi

408/12.04.2013

15,334/16.09.2013

1659

jiàng zǐ

261/23.12.2017

1824/16.06.2012

465