共情 (gòng qíng) — Empathy — the ability to share and underst...

Empathy — the ability to share and understand another's feelings. Used in discussions of viral emotional content to describe why something spread: 雪山救狐狸 triggered mass 共情 in viewers who felt what the fox or the rescuer felt.

Example Usage

这个视频能刷屏就是因为大家对狐狸产生了强烈的共情。

The reason this video went viral is because everyone felt a strong empathy with the fox.

Cultural Context

共情 entered mainstream Chinese internet vocabulary as a psychology term that went viral itself. Now used to analyze why content spreads and what makes communication effective — key in both marketing and pop psychology online.

Category: internet-culture