The name brain-disabled characters represents the Internet slang used by some after-ninety netizens (1990s netizens in Mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

). For this, the after-ninety generation has a disparaging name as brain-disabled people. These kind of characters can be usually seen in user names or signatures of some after-ninety netizens in Tencent QQ

Tencent QQ

Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in mainland China. As of July 11, 2011, the active QQ users accounts for QQ IM totaled 812.3 million, possibly making it the world's second largest online community. The number of simultaneous...

 or BBS

Bulletin board system

A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...

. Brain-disabled characters are usually considered a symbol of the post-90s generation's non-mainstream culture. It's a branch of Martian language

Martian language

“Martian language” is the nickname of unconventional representation of Chinese characters online. “Martian” describes that which seems strange to local culture...

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How to transform

• Use traditional characters
  Traditional Chinese character
  Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. It most commonly refers to characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong, or in the Kangxi...
  
  , variant form characters
  Variant Chinese character
  Variant Chinese characters are Chinese characters that are homophones and synonyms. Almost all variants are allographs in most circumstances, such as casual handwriting...
  
  , ideogrammic compound characters or form-similar characters instead.

有时候→宥時候

• Put a radical
  Radical (Chinese character)
  A Chinese radical is a component of a Chinese character. The term may variously refer to the original semantic element of a character, or to any semantic element, or, loosely, to any element whatever its origin or purpose...
  
   in the character (or change the radical) at random.

什么→叶吆

• Use letters or special symbols instead.

一种→1.种

• Use Homophones instead.

想念→湘埝

• Cut the character into two or combine the two characters into one.

火星→煋

Example

※ NSC = expression in normal Simplified Chinese, BDC = expression in brain-disabled characters.

• Example 1:

NSC: 有时候不知道脑子里在想什么。 (English: Sometimes I don't know what I am thinking about in my brain.)

BDC: 宥時候卜之辺腦孑哩菑緗叶吆。

• Example 2:

NSC: 每天想念你已成了一种习惯。 (English: Missing you every day has already become a kind of habit.)

BDC: 莓兲湘埝祢巳宬孑1.种漝掼。

• Example 3:

NSC: 王八、火星、美金 (English: bastard, Mars, United States dollar)

BDC: 兲、煋、鎂

See also

• Martian language
  Martian language
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• SMS language
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• Heavy metal umlaut
  Heavy metal umlaut
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• Orz
• Internet slang
  Internet slang
  Internet slang is a type of slang that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have coined. Such terms often originate with the purpose of saving keystrokes. Many people use the same abbreviations in texting and instant messaging, and social networking websites...
  
  
• Leet
  Leet
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• Education in the Republic of China
  Education in the Republic of China
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• Mojibake
  Mojibake
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• Gibberish
  Gibberish
  Gibberish is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but carries no actual meaning. This meaning has also been extended to meaningless text or gobbledygook. The common theme in gibberish statements is a lack of literal sense, which can be described as a presence of nonsense...