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Published: November 28th, 2022,
Last updated: November 27th, 2022

嗑cp – kè cp – couple nibble

What do you munch on with Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime and the like? Chips, nuts or fruit jelly? In China, couples have recently taken a liking to „snacking“. 嗑cp – pronounced „kè si-pi“ – is the new Chinese term for this. Where „cp“ is an abbreviation for the English „couple“ or „coupling“. 嗑 kè means „to crack open with the teeth“. Nibble crackers in China know the verb especially in connection with the crunching acrobatics 嗑瓜子 kè guāzǐ – „to nibble/crack open sunflower seeds“.

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