Updated July 2026
What does 追更 mean?
追更 (zhuī gēng) means keeping up with a series in everyday Chinese slang. To follow a serial as each new instalment drops — dramas, web novels, comics, or a creator's series. Literally, it means "chase updates".
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更 means update. 追 means chase. Together: 追更, zhuī gēng — chasing each new installment as it drops. 这部剧我追更三个月了. It began with web novels posting a chapter a day, and now it covers dramas, comics, everything serialized. Chasing is the right verb.
Example
这部剧我追更三个月了。
Zhè bù jù wǒ zhuī gēng sān ge yuè le.
I've been keeping up with this drama for three months.
Where 追更 comes from
追 is to chase, 更 is 更新, the update. Web fiction posts a chapter at a time, so readers chase it; the habit and the word carried over to dramas, comics and creator series.
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