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Transtlate The top 10 Chinese characters of 2009 were revealed and "被(by)" is the character of the year. The other 9 characters in the top 10 are: 庆(celebrate), 蜗(snail), 哥(elder brother), 机(machine), 烎(brave)、爱(love), 牛(arrogant), 醉(drunk) and 具(tool).
The "Character of the Year" rating was co-organized by Yangcheng Evening News and 6 websites, www.ycwb.com, www.qq.com, www.sina.com, www.sohu.com, www.163.com and www.ifeng.com. It came to an end January 21. A total of 55,000 readers and netizens took part in the voting, 32.26 percent chose "被(by)" as the character of 2009.
The employment rate is very high and the general public has expressed their opinions about various issues, a certain person has won the lottery, some poor people have access to material benefits, a certain company has been listed on a certain stock exchange and many people have become G2 mobile phone users. All of the above mentioned things are only rumors created by some people with ulterior motives. So, one can see "被(by)" in all news reports in 2009 therefore "被(by)" is really the character of the year.
The other 9 characters庆(celebrate), 蜗(snail), 哥(elder brother), 机(machine), 烎(brave)、爱(love), 牛(arrogant), 醉(drunk) and 具(tool) have also been included into the top 10 list. All of them remind people of influential events over the past year.
A total of 55,000 readers and netizens took part in the activity via fax, online voting, short messages, Fetion and QQ.
On January 21, Yangcheng Evening News also launched an activity around the theme "choosing the character, word and sentence of 2009" for the purpose of choosing the top 10 characters, the hottest word and the oddest expression. One can get to know all of the influential events taking place in 2009 by understanding them.
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