在中國，我離不開的APP APP-addicted Life in China

手機與人們的生活密不可分，有人說手機已經(jīng)成為當代人類的身體器官之一，而智能手機上的很多APP也給人們的工作、生活帶來了很大的便利。本期“國際朋友說”，我們請5個來自不同國家的朋友談談在中國的移動生活，談談他們離不開的那些手機APP。

Nowadays people can’t live without their phones. Some even say smartphone is a new organ in the body of modern homo sapiens. At the same time, smartphones make people’s life and work easier and more comfortable. This time, for our “World Speaking”, we invited five foreign friends to discuss “mobile” life in China, the apps, they find most attractive.

主持人(Hosts)：吳星鐸（Wu Xingduo）、 蘇莉（Anastasia Sukhoretskaya）

嘉賓(Guests)：韓國的申素云（Shin Soun，Korea）、美國的瑪莎（Martha Walch，America)、俄羅斯的陽樂（Dmitry Goncharenko，Russia)、哈薩克斯坦的米沙（Mikhail Chursin，Kazakhstan）、澳大利亞的海宇翔（Sam Hayden Smith，Australia）

“在中國，微信讓我無法拒絕”

申素云：微信朋友圈讓我覺得朋友們就住在隔壁

我第一次使用微信，是在2015“漢語橋”世界大學生中文比賽準備期間。當時為了更好地與在世界各地的我們進行溝通，節(jié)目組推薦我們選手使用微信，當時我覺得它是個非常實用的社交工具，尤其是語音功能，韓國的幾個主要社交工具都缺少這樣的功能。它既可以節(jié)省打字的時間，又可以很自然地傳達語氣，從而減少不必要的誤會。一開始我使用微信是為了公事，比如查看節(jié)目組的通知、確定日程等，而到后來，我的微信通訊錄里好朋友越來越多，生活也就慢慢離不開這個溝通平臺小世界了。

我的通訊錄里大部分都是來自世界各地的朋友，泰國、英國、孟加拉國、加納、澳大利亞、埃及、蒙古國、烏茲別克斯坦等等，我可以隨時隨地看到我思念的面孔。沒事兒也會翻翻朋友圈，看大家都過得好不好，也會分享我的近況，旅游、生活、人生哲言等。雖然我們不能經(jīng)常見面，但在朋友圈里，我覺得朋友們就住在隔壁。

“I am totally fond of WeChat”

Shin Soun: WeChat moments make me feel like my friends live just next door

I first started using WeChat in 2015 when I was a contestant in the “Bridge to China” (Hanyu Qiao) world students’ competition. To establish better communication between participants from different parts of the world, the organizers suggested that we download this app. I thought that was actually a very useful social tool, especially its function of voice messaging. Korean social platform apps lack this function. It saves a lot of time spent on typing the text, and also it can convey the mood of the speaker, so it eliminates the possibility of conveying the wrong message. At first, I used WeChat only for matters like checking program times, confirming daily schedules, etc. But then, more and more friends started adding me as their contact so it became impossible for me to part with this app’s little universe.

My WeChat friends come from every corner of the world: Thailand, England, Bangladesh, Ghana, Australia, Egypt, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and others. When I have free time on my hands, I frequently look through my WeChat moments, see how everyone is doing, and also share my recent events, like travelling, life, philosophy etc. Even though we can’t meet too often, by looking through my WeChat friends’ circle, I feel like my friends live just next door.

瑪莎：微信讓你成為“消息通”

我的微信使用經(jīng)歷分為好幾個不同階段。在美國的時候為了和中國朋友溝通，我“被動”地使用了微信。后來來到中國，開始比較頻繁地用微信作為溝通工具，現(xiàn)在慢慢把它作為我工作的一部分。一旦你知道這個平臺有多么重要，你就會理解為什么我說我會用它來工作。人們每天要看不下一百次微信，所以公司必須用較為聰明的辦法抓住他們的注意力，我認為微信快速反映了中國消費者的習慣，它能讓外國人快速了解中國市場，讓你成為“消息通”。

陽樂：想到微信的日活躍用戶數(shù)帶來的機會，我就覺得很瘋狂

我是5年前開始使用微信的。那時候我剛剛來到中國。我從我朋友那里了解到微信。5年前，或許有些人還不知道什么是微信。如今，微信是我知道的最強大的APP。一想到微信的日活躍用戶數(shù)有近7億之多，想到在這個平臺上我們享有的所有機會，我就覺得很瘋狂。

我會在我們的官方賬號上寫寫文章，然后把它分享到微信朋友圈。我們曾經(jīng)寫過一篇《在中國，微信是如何扼殺現(xiàn)金的》的文章，主要就是談微信支付功能，這個功能給生活帶來了很多便利，當然，有的地方還沒有覆蓋到，比如北京地鐵，我覺得他們也應該開通微信支付。

申素云

Martha: WeChat makes you more “in the know”

My WeChat experience has had many different levels; from passively using it with Chinese friends in America, to when I first moved here and just used it to communicate with people, to it slowly evolving into one of my main necessities at work. Once you know how important this platform is, you’ll understand why it’s a fulltime job. People look at WeChat hundreds of times a day so the company must grab their attention in a clever way. I think WeChat has changed my life because it’s a quick introduction to consumer habits in China, and an easier way for a foreigner to understand the Chinese market habits and be more ‘in the know’.

Dmitry: It makes me crazy to think about all the opportunities that we have

I started using WeChat five years ago, when I came to China. I knew about WeChat from my friends, fi ve years ago many people did not know about WeChat. Today WeChat is the most powerful app I know. 700 million users open WeChat every day. It makes me crazy when I think about it, when I think about all the opportunities that we have.

Sometimes we write articles on WeChat, and I share them in my WeChat moments. Previously we wrote an article titled “How WeChat Kills Cash in China”, about the WeChat payment system. This system has made the lives of many much easier. Of course, not all functions are covered, for example, Beijing subway tickets. I think WeChat payment should also include this.

Mikhail: I often post my poems in my WeChat moments

I like WeChat moments. When I post photos, I also tend to add some description as well. Sometimes I post my personal photos, selfies when visiting places, pictures with beautiful scenery. I often post photos that I fi nd beautiful, and I add my thoughts to them. I write poems too.

WeChat is a very popular app in China. I personally think this is one of the most convenient apps I know. Comparing to WhatAPP and Viber, WeChat has more functions, its usability is higher. I fi rst came to Beijing in 2013, and I had never heard about WeChat, but then I found out that everyone was using it here. Actually it was my roommate who helped me to register for it, then showed me how to operate it. And now WeChat and I are inseparable. Chat, video, voice messaging – it has everything and more, for example, posting photos in moments, subscription to public accounts, where I read news and get some interesting information.

Sam: The chatting function, WeChat payment and WeChat empticons, really attract me to this app

I can use WeChat everywhere: Australia, the USA, Canada. I have many groups. Every day I watch some hilarious videos or read interesting news. I do international trade and have to keep in touch

with factories. WeChat is one of my most important conversation tools. I can reach the factories any time, and have them send me photos to see the working process. I also like WeChat payment. In Australia we normally don’t pay with cash, and in China you only need your phone to pay now. I also like emoticons on my WeChat. There are a lot to choose from. I introduced WeChat to many of my foreign friends. I’ve saved many stickers, and every sticker is really funny.

米沙：我常在微信朋友圈里寫詩

我喜歡用朋友圈，在發(fā)照片的時候常常寫幾句文字，有時候我發(fā)跟我相關的照片，像我在名勝古跡的各種自拍，還有我拍的風景，我也常常會發(fā)一些我覺得漂亮的圖片，圖片下寫一寫自己的隨想，或者是自己的詩歌。微信在中國特別流行，我個人認為也是最方便的APP之一，與WhatsAPP, Viber相比微信的功能更多、實用性更高。2013年我第一次到北京，之前我并不知道有微信，我發(fā)現(xiàn)每一個人都在用。于是我的室友幫我注冊，告訴我使用方法?，F(xiàn)在我每天都離不開微信，跟朋友們聊天，文字、視頻、語音都有，或是發(fā)發(fā)照片，訂閱一些公眾號看看新聞和一些有趣的信息。

海宇翔：溝通、支付、表情包，讓我不能拒絕微信

不管在澳大利亞、美國、中國，我都可以用微信跟朋友聯(lián)系。我有好多個朋友群，每天會收到一些很搞笑的短片或者有意思的新聞。我做國際貿(mào)易，經(jīng)常需要跟工廠溝通、跟單。微信已經(jīng)是我工作中一個非常重要的溝通工具，我可以隨時聯(lián)系工廠讓他們發(fā)一些照片給我看進度。我特別喜歡微信支付這個功能，我們在澳大利亞已經(jīng)很少使用現(xiàn)金，現(xiàn)在中國也可以拿著手機出去就可以了。我還非常喜歡微信的表情包，正是因為豐富多彩的表情包，我介紹了很多老外朋友用微信，我收藏了不少表情包，因為每個都很生動，而且很搞笑。

海宇翔

米沙

“You can fi nd ‘treasures’ on Taobao”

Dmitry: If you don’t use Taobao in China, how do you survive?

When you live in China you don’t have to go out to shop. Just open Taobao.com and buy anything you want. My wife and I follow a healthy diet and sometimes we buy different kinds of food on Taobao, what we can’t buy in offl ine shops. Today I found another function on Taobao called “My baby”, for moms and dads. It helps families to track data about their babie, such as how often mom feeds her baby, how much time it takes, how much time the baby sleeps, and many other features.

I heard from one media channel that Taobao will open a VR shopping function. It will be a very interesting experience to buy something with a virtual reality effect. One negative incident, however, was that once a Taobao seller sent me the wrong shoes size, which caused me a lot of headache.

Martha: You can really fi nd “treasures” on Taobao

Taobao is known for having amazingly fast delivery, an amazing accomplishment in a country so large and diverse. One time my friend asked me to help her buy a very specifi c pair of pants on Taobao, but she didn’t know the name in Chinese, so she showed me a picture. I found the pants from three different shops; she was surprised.

I usually buy something on Taobao at least once a month but lately since my work is really busy it’s more like once a week! Mostly I buy clothes and accessories. I just found this shirt of a cat in space

riding a hamburger spaceship and eating pizza, something I wouldn’t be able to fi nd easily in person!

“淘寶真的能淘到寶”

陽樂：住在中國不“淘寶”哪兒行？

你住在中國的話，不“淘寶”哪兒行？打開淘寶，基本上能夠買到任何你想買的東西。我妻子和我有健康的飲食習慣，有時我們在淘寶上買一些實體商店買不到的食品。最近我在淘寶中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個叫“親寶貝”的功能，是為有寶寶的爸爸媽媽服務的，除了一些親子產(chǎn)品之外，還幫助家庭收集有關育兒的信息數(shù)據(jù)，比如媽媽多久要喂一次孩子，孩子要睡多久等。

我從一個媒體頻道聽說淘寶將開啟虛擬現(xiàn)實購物功能。通過虛擬現(xiàn)實效果實現(xiàn)購物將會非常有趣。當然啦，中國的鞋的尺碼一直讓我有些頭疼，賣家發(fā)送的鞋子尺碼經(jīng)常是錯的。

瑪莎：淘寶真的能淘到寶

淘寶以驚人的快遞速度而著稱，這對于像中國這樣一個幅員遼闊的國家真不簡單。有一次，我朋友讓我?guī)退谔詫毶腺I一條特別的褲子，但是她不知道中文名字，所以她向我展示了一下褲子的照片，我很快就從三個不同的商店找到了同款褲子，她感到非常驚訝。我每個月至少使用一次淘寶買東西，最近工作實在太忙，更沒有時間去逛實體店，就差不多一周用一次。我比較多的是買衣服飾品，比如我最近在淘寶上淘到一件襯衫，上面是一只貓咪坐在一個漢堡形狀的宇宙飛船中吃披薩餅，這些都是平時不容易找到的東西。

“還有一些離不開的APP”

米沙：我習慣了“滴滴一下，馬上出發(fā)”

我非常喜歡用滴滴出行，習慣了“滴滴一下，馬上出發(fā)”。這個APP打車非常方便，可以叫快車、順風車、出租車、專車等等。這樣就基本上避免了打車難的情況，發(fā)送打車信息后感覺最多等個5分鐘，車就來了。記得有一天我要去見一個朋友，時間緊張，我呼叫了順風車，3分鐘后一輛非常昂貴的汽車停在我面前，一位戴著白色手套、黑色帽子的司機開了門，當時我差點暈了，順風車居然有專車的待遇，這個司機在一個4S店工作，正好下班，順手帶上了我，兩不耽誤。

瑪莎

“There are other good apps”

Mikhail: I use “Didi Taxi Calling”

I really love the app. Their slogan is “Call a taxi, it’s already on the way!” It’s really convenient to use. Through it you can call “fast car”, “auto-stop car”, “taxi”, “special car” etc.

It helps you avoid the situation when there is no taxi in sight. After you call a taxi, it arrives within fi ve minutes. I remember once I was visiting a friend, time was tight and I called“auto-stop car”. Within three minutes a luxurious car arrived. The sight of it and an elegant taxi driver who was wearing white gloves and a black hat, opened a door for me, made me almost faint. “Auto-stop car” can also be a “special car” sometimes. It turned out the driver was working in a 4S shop, so after fi nishing work, he picked me up on his way home, to kill two birds with one stone.

Shin Soun: My Weibo account has many subscribers

I learnt about Weibo also at the “Bridge to China” contest. During the recording, our coordinator showed us how to register an account. After broadcasting of the program, many Chinese viewers found my Weibo account, encouraged me, taught me some things, and gave me many suggestions. Even after the program was fi nished, I received a lot of messages from them. I answered every message that my subscribers in Weibo left for me. I really enjoy chatting with them. I also feel that my Chinese improved a lot. In Korea, I can reach my Chinese friends with a move of my fi nger, so amazing!

申素云：我的微博有不少粉絲

微博也是我通過“漢語橋”比賽知道的社交APP。比賽錄制過程中，節(jié)目組老師幫我申請了一個號，節(jié)目播出后，很多熱情的中國觀眾朋友找到了我的微博，關注我，為我打氣，也教給我很多知識，給我提了不少好的建議。比賽結(jié)束以后，我還是會經(jīng)常收到粉絲的留言，每個粉絲的評論我都會一個一個細心地去回復，我很享受跟他們聊天的過程，也覺得中文實力提高了不少。我在韓國手指一動，就能和中國的朋友拉近關系，真是覺得很奇妙。

Dmitry: Tuangou is really a money- saving app

Usually we use Dianping and Meituan, but I know that peo-

ple in China also use Nuomi.com (Baidu), Lashou.com, 58Tuangou (t.58.com) and many other platforms. In Russia we have similar apps, but I have never used them.

陽樂：團購是比較實惠的

大多數(shù)情況下，如果我要團購會使用大眾點評和美團，但是我知道中國人同樣使用百度糯米、拉手網(wǎng)、58團購和其他一些平臺。我經(jīng)常會在團購上訂溫泉療養(yǎng)，因為在北京很貴，團購則比較實惠。在俄羅斯也有一些打折平臺，但是我從來沒有用過。

“我參與的手機應用”

陽樂：我們用微信的API開發(fā)應用程序

我們公司也使用微信API開發(fā)應用程序。其中一個亮點就是鏡迷（Mirour）應用程序，這個應用幫助用戶在鏡迷圖像室中做更專業(yè)的自拍照，我們創(chuàng)造性地開發(fā)了這個應用，以公眾號的形式方便微信用戶添加，讓客戶便捷地預定鏡迷（Mirour）服務，在微信上就能完成支付。

陽樂

瑪莎：我在一家APP公司工作

我本人更加離不開手機應用，因為我就在一家APP公司工作。我們的APP叫作平行國（Pingo Space），這是一個把中國人和外籍人士聯(lián)系在一起的平臺，讓大家分享知識和技能，拉近外國人和本地人的距離，讓大家彼此了解各自真實的生活。比如你是一個居住在中國的外籍人士，你可以到這個平臺上建立自己的個人賬戶，創(chuàng)建自己的技能簡介，設置價格、日程。中國客戶會按照海量信息進行選擇、預訂。無論你是一個英語老師還是一個音樂家、舞蹈家，在平行國可以讓你分享自己想要分享的東西，甚至如何制作正宗的紐約奶酪蛋糕，如何像寶萊塢明星一樣跳舞，如何講地道的西班牙語等等，這些都能實現(xiàn)。（中文整理：吳星鐸、劉鑫瑩，英文整理：蘇莉）

“I am running an app myself”

Dmitry: We use WeChat API to develop applications in WeChat

We also use WeChat API to develop applications based on We-Chat. One of the big apps is Mirour from the Mirour start up in Beijing. This app helps people make professional selfies in the Mirour photo room. This is an amazing start up and we created amazing applications for their customers for booking Mirour’s services and paying for them right in WeChat.

Martha: I work in an APP company

Pingo Space is a platform that helps connect Chinese locals with foreigners to share knowledge and skills. If you are a foreigner living in China you can go on the app, set up a profile to create gigs (or classes), set your own price, location, and schedule! The Chinese client will then go on the app and book the different gigs you offer! No matter if you’re a full-time English teacher or part-time musician, there’s a space for you to share whatever you’d like on Pingo Space! Pingo Space is the fi rst App in China that gives foreigners the opportunity to freelance their skills. There are many options for Chinese locals to monetize their free time or special skills, but they don’t accommodate the foreign market very well leaving the expats with fewer opportunities. No matter where you’re from or where you’re living you have something unique and special to share. It could be how to make authentic NY cheesecake to how to dance like a Bollywood star to speaking Spanish like a local. (Chinese version: Wu Xingduo,Liu Xinying; English version:Anastasia Sukhoretskaya)