Updated July 2026
What does 吧唧 mean?
吧唧 (bā jī) means pin badge in gen-z Chinese slang. A pin badge, especially character merchandise. Traded, displayed on a 痛包, and collected in the same ecosystem as 谷子. Literally, it means "badge (loan)".
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吧唧, bā jī, is the Japanese word badge wearing Chinese characters. On their own those characters suggest a lip-smacking noise. 我想换一个这个角色的吧唧. Pin badges get traded like currency in fandom, and 吧唧 is what everyone calls them.
Example
我想换一个这个角色的吧唧。
Wǒ xiǎng huàn yí ge zhège juésè de bā jī.
I want to trade for a badge of this character.
Where 吧唧 comes from
A phonetic rendering of "badge" — the tinplate pin badges that fandom trades and pins to a 痛包. Written with 吧唧, which on its own is the sound of lip-smacking, so the characters carry no meaning at all here.
Related slang
An ita bag — a bag covered in badges and character merch, usually behind a clear window. The "pain" is how visually overwhelming it is, and the otaku self-mockery of loving something that openly.
Anime / game / idol merch — badges, figures, cards. A phonetic spelling of "goods". Buying it is 吃谷 ("eating grain").
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