21ST CENTURY NEOLOGISMS IN CHINESE LEXICOGRAPHIC PRACTICE: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
The article analyzes the neologisms recorded in the Chinese dictionaries of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. The lexical, semantic and graphic neologisms are highlighted, the reasons for the appearance of new words in the Chinese language are determined: the influence of dialects, borrowings, metaphorization. Abbreviation, which is not typical for the Chinese language, is noted. Experimental methods of revealing the degree of assimilation of neologisms of different types by representatives of Chinese student youth are shown.