Updated July 2026
What does 高雅人士 mean?
高雅人士 (gāo yǎ rén shì) means person of culture (ironic) in internet Chinese slang. Ironic self-praise for enjoying something silly or lowbrow — announcing your trash TV habit as connoisseurship. Literally, it means "person of refined taste".
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高雅人士 means a person of refined taste. It is now used almost exclusively about garbage. 又在看土味短剧，我们高雅人士. Watching trashy micro-dramas again, we people of culture. Claiming sophistication for your worst habit. Extremely load-bearing sarcasm.
Example
又在看土味短剧，我们高雅人士。
Yòu zài kàn tǔwèi duǎnjù, wǒmen gāo yǎ rén shì.
Watching trashy micro-dramas again — we people of culture.
Where 高雅人士 comes from
A straight-faced formal phrase — the sort that belongs in arts writing — redeployed almost exclusively about rubbish. Claiming refinement for your worst habit is the whole gag.
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