订阅
dìngyuè
In Chinese, 'subscribe' is translated as 订阅 (dìngyuè).
订阅 is used for digital subscriptions like YouTube channels, newsletters or streaming services, as well as traditional magazine subscriptions.
Meaning: to pay for the provision of a service (verb)
Which one should you use?
The term 订购 is a formal way to say 'subscribe' when emphasizing ordering or purchasing a subscription.
How does it change in a sentence?
Adding the aspect particle 了 (le) after 订阅 creates the perfective aspect to indicate the action of subscribing has been completed, resulting in 订阅了.
How do you pronounce it?
dìngyuè
Did you know?
- Chinese lacks a single word that covers both 'subscribing' to a magazine and 'subscribing' to a belief or philosophy, using entirely different verbs for the two concepts.
- The character 订 in 订阅 originally represented a nail or a peg used to fix things in place, reflecting the idea of 'fixing' a contract or agreement.
- When a user clicks a 'subscribe' button on a Chinese video platform, they are often performing an action called 关注 (guānzhù), which literally means 'to pay attention to' or 'to follow'.
Examples in context
- 想要订阅我们的电子邮件通讯吗？Do you want to subscribe to our email newsletter?
- 请点击此处订购我们的服务。Please click here to subscribe to our service.
- 别忘了关注我们的YouTube频道哦！Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
- 我喜欢他的视频，所以我订阅了他的频道。I like his videos, so I subscribed to his channel.
- 请订阅我的频道Please subscribe to my channel
- 我想订阅这个杂志。Wǒ xiǎng dìngyuè zhège zázhì.I want to subscribe to this magazine.
- 你可以订阅这个频道。Nǐ kěyǐ dìngyuè zhège píndào.You can subscribe to this channel.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a streaming app.
- 佳怡 Jiayi浩然，你订阅了这个视频平台吗？Hàorán, nǐ dìngyuè le zhège shìpín píngtái ma?Haoran, did you subscribe to this video platform?
- 浩然 Haoran还没有，那个很贵吗？Hái méiyǒu, nàge hěn guì ma?Not yet, is it very expensive?
- 佳怡 Jiayi一个月只要十块钱。Yí gè yuè zhǐyào shí kuài qián.It is only ten yuan per month.
- 浩然 Haoran那我现在就去订阅。Nà wǒ xiànzài jiù qù dìngyuè.Then I will go subscribe now.
