你有freestyle吗

绘◎也 圆

"Can you freestyle?" has become an immensely①popular phrase on China's social network thanks to Chinese pop singer and actor Kris Wu.

Wu, 27, recently appeared on reality TV show The Rap of China as a judge.Each time Wu had to choose the winner, he had just one question for the contestants:"Can you freestyle?"

The pop star's humorous catchphrase was quickly adopted by Chinese netizens. Many began to follow him and use "freestyle"wildly on social media platforms like WeChat and Sina Weibo.

According to the Oxford Dictionary and Wikipedia,"freestyle"refers to a style of improvisation with or without instrumental beats, where lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure.

The method of improvised rap was made popular by groups and artists such as Freestyle Fellowship and Eminem.

Now, "Do you have freestyle?" has morphed into other memes. Some internet users even adapt the buzzword into a variety of emojis, further promoting the use of "freestyle".

For instance, one of Chinese ancient philosopher Confucius's well-known sayings about self-introspection is:"Every day I do self-inspection on three aspects: Were my suggestions to others betraying his own perspective? Was my conversation with classmates and cobelievers not congruent with the facts? Or did I spread any idea without practicing it?"

Now, it has been reinterpreted as"Can you freestyle? Can you freestyle again? And can you be freestyled?"

由于中国流行歌手、演员吴亦凡的“功劳”，“你有freestyle吗”成了中国社交媒体上一个极受欢迎的短语。

27岁的吴亦凡最近作为评委，出现在真人秀节目《中国有嘻哈》上。

每次吴亦凡选出胜者的时候，他对参赛者都只有一个问题：“你有freestyle吗？”

他的这一幽默的话很快就被中国网民们学了去。许多人都开始学他，在微信、微博这些社交媒体上广泛使用“freestyle”。

据《牛津词典》和维基百科显示，“freestyle”指的是一种没有节拍的即兴表演，歌词没有特定的主题或结构。

在Freestyle Fellowship乐队和埃米纳姆等艺人的带动下，即兴说唱变得很受欢迎。

而现在，“你有freestyle吗”则已经成了另外的传播方式。一些网民甚至为其配上各种表情包，进一步推广“freestyle”的使用。

“比如，中国古代哲学家孔子有句关于自我反省的名言：“吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？与朋友交而不信乎？传不习乎？”

而现在，这一名言已经被改为：“吾日三省吾身：有freestyle吗？还有freestyle吗？有没有freestyle？”

①immensely [ɪ'menslɪ] adv. 极大地；无限地；广大地；庞大地