我真的会谢wǒ zhēn de huì xiè

Thanks a lot (not)

wǒ zhēn de huì xiè.我真的会谢。Thanks a lot.

我真的会谢 is a sarcastic “thanks a lot”. You say it when something annoys you or leaves you speechless, and you mean the opposite of thanks.

Took off: 2022
Started in: A Weibo blogger’s catchphrase
Today: Now everyday Chinese

What it means

It is cut down from 我真的会谢谢你, “I really will thank you”. Stopping after 谢 makes it short and flat, and the thanks is plainly not meant.

People also read the 谢 as in 凋谢, “to wilt”, and send it with the wilted-flower emoji, as if they had withered on the spot. Woshipm lists that use, and another with the sweating-face emoji for awkward moments.

How people use it

It is still common, though less fresh than in 2022. It fits small annoyances: a friend tells you the ending of a show, a package arrives wet, the rain starts as you leave. The full 我真的会谢谢你 is also used, and the two memes even merge as 我真的栓Q.

琦琦

你的快递我帮你拿了
nǐ de kuài dì wǒ bāng nǐ ná le
I picked up your package for you.
谢谢！在哪里？
xiè xie! zài nǎ li?
Thanks! Where is it?
放你门口了，但是下雨了……
fàng nǐ mén kǒu le, dàn shì xià yǔ le……
I left it at your door, but then it rained…
我真的会谢
wǒ zhēn de huì xiè
Thanks a lot.
对不起！
duì bu qǐ!
Sorry!

More examples

刚洗完车就下雨，我真的会谢。
gāng xǐ wán chē jiù xià yǔ, wǒ zhēn de huì xiè.
Rain right after I washed the car. Thanks a lot.
你又把结局告诉我了？我真的会谢。
nǐ yòu bǎ jié jú gào su wǒ le? wǒ zhēn de huì xiè.
You told me the ending again? Thanks a lot.

Where it came from

It started as the catchphrase of a comedy blogger on Weibo, according to Woshipm. Fans picked it up, and in 2022 it was everywhere.

That December, 语言文字周报, “Language and Writing Weekly”, put it on its list of the ten internet phrases of the year, in one entry with 栓Q. The Paper’s report on the list says the two have separate origins, 栓Q in a Douyin video and 我真的会谢 with a Weibo user, and that both use “thanks” to complain.