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SBTI：新的性格测试，在中国很火
SBTI: A New Personality Test Going Viral in China
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. In China, young people like a new test called SBTI. It is on Bilibili. The test is funny, not serious like MBTI.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 5 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 12 key vocabulary words such as 测试、安静、他们 and walks through 4 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
说到测试，最近中国有一个特别好玩的事。
Speaking of tests, there's something really fun happening in China recently.
你做过性格测试吗？
Have you ever taken a personality test?
性格测试是什么？
What is a personality test?
就是回答一些问题。
It's when you answer some questions.
然后告诉你，你是什么样的人。
Then it tells you what kind of person you are.
比如说你是安静的人。
For example, you're a quiet person.
还是活泼的人。
Or a lively person.
你是喜欢一个人的人。
You like being alone.
还是喜欢很多人一起的人。
Or you like being with many people.
这种测试很多人做过。
Many people have taken this kind of test.
最有名的叫MBTI。
The most famous one is called MBTI.
MBTI你可能听过。
You may have heard of MBTI.
它会给你四个字母。
It gives you four letters.
比如说INTJ。
For example INTJ.
比如说ENFP。
For example ENFP.
每个人的字母不一样。
Everyone's letters are different.
在中国，MBTI非常火。
In China, MBTI is very popular.
很多人都测过。
Many people have taken it.
你认识新朋友。
When you meet a new friend.
第一句话不是"你好"。
The first thing you say isn't "hello."
是"你是什么MB？
It's "what's your MB?"
找工作的时候也要MBTI。
When looking for a job you also need MBTI.
老板想知道你是什么人。
The boss wants to know what kind of person you are.
MBTI很认真。
MBTI is very serious.
很正式。
Very formal.
很多人觉得它说得很准。
Many people think it's very accurate.
但是最近。
But recently.
有一个新的测试出来了。
A new test came out.
这个测试叫SBTI。
This test is called SBTI.
SBTI不是MBTI。
SBTI is not MBTI.
SBTI是一个搞笑的测试。
SBTI is a funny test.
搞笑就是让人笑。
Funny means making people laugh.
它不认真。
It's not serious.
它不正式。
It's not formal.
它就是好玩。
It's just for fun.
SBTI是谁做的？
Who made SBTI?
是一个在B站的人。
Someone on Bilibili.
B站是什么？
What is Bilibili?
B站就是一个看视频的网站。
Bilibili is a website for watching videos.
中国年轻人都用。
Young people in China all use it.
这个人做了一个视频。
This person made a video.
视频里面他说。
In the video he said.
"我做了一个盗版的性格测试。
"I made a bootleg personality test."
"你来试试。
"Come try it."
盗版就是假的。
Bootleg means fake.
不是真的。
Not real.
他自己也说这个不是真的。
He himself also said this isn't real.
就是好玩。
Just for fun.
这个测试有三十一个问题。
This test has thirty-one questions.
问题很搞笑。
The questions are very funny.
比如说。
For example.
"你上厕所超过三十分钟了。
"You've been on the toilet for over thirty minutes."
你怎么办？
"What do you do?"
比如说。
For example.
"这个问题没有题目。
"This question has no topic."
请随便选。
"Please choose randomly."
你看，问题都很奇怪。
See, the questions are all very strange.
不像MBTI那样认真。
Not serious like MBTI.
做完测试以后。
After finishing the test.
你会得到一个结果。
You get a result.
结果也很搞笑。
The results are also very funny.
有的人测出来是"死者"。
Some people get "Dead Person."
死者是什么意思？
What does Dead Person mean?
就是那种手机上有九十九条消息。
It's the kind of person with 99 messages on their phone.
但是不回。
But doesn't reply.
装死。
Playing dead.
假装自己不在。
Pretending they're not there.
但是快到截止日期了。
But when the deadline is close.
才回一个字："收到。
They reply with one word: "Received."
有的人测出来是"吗喽"。
Some people get "Mahou."
吗喽是什么？
What is Mahou?
吗喽就是猴子。
Mahou means monkey.
但是在网上。
But on the internet.
吗喽的意思是"打工人"。
Mahou means "working person."
就是每天辛苦工作的人。
A person who works hard every day.
像猴子一样忙来忙去。
Busy like a monkey running around.
有的人测出来是"尤物"。
Some people get "Hottie."
尤物就是很好看的人。
Hottie means a very good-looking person.
很有魅力。
Very attractive.
你看，每个结果都是一个网络词。
See, every result is an internet word.
都很好笑。
All very funny.
大家测完以后。
After everyone finishes the test.
就把结果发到朋友圈。
They post their result on WeChat Moments.
"我是死者！
"I'm a Dead Person!"
"我是吗喽！
"I'm a Mahou!"
"哈哈哈你也是吗喽！
"Hahaha you're also a Mahou!"
就这样传开了。
And that's how it spread.
一天之内。
Within one day.
这个测试在微信上被搜索了四千万次。
This test was searched 40 million times on WeChat.
四千万！
40 million!
太火了。
So popular.
网站都崩了。
The website even crashed.
崩了就是打不开了。
Crashed means it wouldn't open.
因为太多人同时在做。
Because too many people were doing it at the same time.
服务器受不了了。
The server couldn't handle it.
后来有人做了很多新的网站。
Later people made many new websites.
让大家可以继续测。
So everyone could keep testing.
为什么这个测试这么火？
Why is this test so popular?
因为MBTI太认真了。
Because MBTI is too serious.
年轻人觉得累了。
Young people feel tired.
他们不想做一个"正确的人"。
They don't want to be a "correct person."
他们想笑一笑。
They want to laugh a little.
自嘲一下。
Make fun of themselves a bit.
自嘲就是笑自己。
Making fun of yourself means laughing at yourself.
"我就是一个吗喽。
"I'm just a Mahou."
"我就是一个装死的人。
"I'm just a person who plays dead."
大家一起笑。
Everyone laughs together.
一起觉得"原来你也这样"。
Together they feel "so you're like this too."
这就是SBTI的意义。
This is the meaning of SBTI.
不是让你了解自己。
Not to help you understand yourself.
是让你笑一下。
But to make you laugh.
在累的时候笑一下。
When you're tired, laugh a little.
这就够了。
That's enough.
An exam or quiz to measure something.
Not making noise; calm and still.
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. time / moment.
HSK 1. friend.
The qualities that make a person who they are.
Full of energy and enthusiasm.
Something that makes people laugh.
A fake copy of something. Here used jokingly.
Pretending to not exist to avoid responding.
Internet slang for hardworking young people who feel hopeless but keep going.
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