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What is the correct Chinese words to use for the following:

  • Vote-up
  • Vote-down
  • Vote to close

I assume these will have been included in certain social platforms in China.

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Usually you would use:

(投)赞成(票) Vote-up

(投)反对(票) Vote-down

投关闭票 Vote to close

However, when used on internet, especially sites like SE, probably the following is more suitable:

顶 - literally means bump (Vote-up)

踩 - literally means tread (Vote-down)

叉 - literally means X (cross), have the implication of closing. (Vote to close)

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how about 叉（cha1）？ – Huang Dec 14 '11 at 10:07
@Huang Usually vote-up and vote-down should be a pair. What would you use for vote-up if you use 叉 for vote-down? Maybe 勾? :) – StarCub Dec 14 '11 at 10:10
sorry,I mean to use 叉 for "vote to close", so that we use a single character for every choice. I think this looks prettier. – Huang Dec 14 '11 at 10:17
@Huang I agree. I've edited the answer. Thanks. :) – StarCub Dec 14 '11 at 10:44
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We also use 推 for vote-up and 噓 for vote-down in Taiwan, due to the largest BBS site (PTT) we have. – Hsien-Chih Chang 張顯之 Dec 14 '11 at 14:37

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